# Any good reference books for signs, symbols, and icons?

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**Created:** [October 13, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-good-reference-books-for-signs-symbols-and-icons/6672 "2002-10-13T23:40:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![mirinl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@mirinl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mirinl)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-good-reference-books-for-signs-symbols-and-icons/6672/1 "2002-10-13T23:40:02Z")

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hi, i’m looking for some ideas for creating icons and symbols something like that, my friend got this book called “Lingua Grafica”, very excellent one, but since it’s out of stock now, i could hardly get a copy for my own. Could anyone suggest another good reference books too? 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-good-reference-books-for-signs-symbols-and-icons/6672/2 "2002-10-13T23:46:06Z")

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I don’t know of any, but you can get the above mentioned book here…

> **[Lingua Grafica](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lingua-grafica-mutabor/1109921296?ean=9783931126599)**
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> Visual communication experts and Hamburg-based design studio Mutabor apply their very own,strict visual language to the boundaries of commercial design.Creating...

Or here…

> **[Lingua Grafica](https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3931126595/qid=1034552739/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/103-1729504-8964636?v=glance&n=507846)**
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> Visual communication experts and Hamburg-based design studio Mutabor apply their very own,strict visual language to the boundaries of commercial design.Creating logos and icons for customers like adi- ...

They both have it in stock.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/any-good-reference-books-for-signs-symbols-and-icons/6672/3 "2002-10-14T22:21:38Z")

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any other similar books for this kind too? 🙂
