Handbook of Pictorial Symbols

Synopsis of Handbook of Pictorial Symbols

«Handbook of Pictorial Symbols» is the pictorial symbols manual by Rudolf Modley, William R. Myers and Diana G. Comer, published by Dover in paperback.

Reference manual bringing together 3,250 pictorial symbols from international organizations and designers, classified by areas such as transportation, family, money, government, machinery or entertainment. It also groups public symbols (telephone, restrooms, cafeteria) by service and by system —DOT, Tokyo Olympics, Montreal Expo—, with index.

Belongs to the Dover Pictorial Archive series, of which it is volume 9; the work was originally published in 1976.

Reference resource for graphic designers, illustrators and visual communication professionals working with pictograms.