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NASA Graphics Standards Manual Remastered Edition

by Tony Darnell

A restored look at NASA’s 1976 graphics manual

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A restored look at NASA’s 1976 graphics manual

This edition brings NASA’s original 1976 Graphics Standards Manual into a hardcover format, reproducing its drawings from high-resolution scans and restoring details in the artwork. The original binder layout has been adapted into facing pages, while photographs are drawn from NASA’s library, including replacements for images missing from the source book. Its subject is the visual standards behind NASA’s graphic identity, presented through the manual’s pages rather than as a general survey of space science. The remastered format makes the historical design material available in a newly assembled edition.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • NASA enthusiasts interested in the agency’s visual identity
  • Readers curious about graphic design standards and manuals
  • Collectors of books documenting NASA’s history and materials

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NASA graphic identityVisual standards and designArchival reproductionSpace science

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Book overview

The NASA Graphics Standards Manual: Remastered Edition is a modern spin on the original NASA Graphics Standards Manual published in 1976 and puts it into a new and clean format. Using high-resolution scans of the original book, over two-hundred man-hours were spent in recreating and remastering the original drawings with very fine details. This book is not in the same format as the original, as the original manual was in a binder. However, much care was taken in ensuring the correct image and font proportions were used. The original double-spread pages were reformatted to fit onto two single facing pages. Photos from the original book were replaced with the original photos sourced from the NASA library, and missing photos were replaced with similar photos obtained from the NASA library.

This edition is published with the highest quality print-on-demand techniques along with the most vivid color, and printed on thick 70 lb. paper. Fine type sized as small as three point Helvetica is still legible, and the reproduced drawings are clean and crisp. If you are a fan of NASA, then this book is a great addition to your NASA library.

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