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I love the type and paper collage look of the cover of The Art of Faking It: Sounding Smart Without Really Knowing Anything. Artwork is by Jessica Hische (who is worthy of her own post, here)

The book sounds pretty interesting too. From Amazon:

In today’s fast-paced society, who has time to keep up with both the current trends and the classics of what is “good” and “popular”? The Art of Faking It guides you—with tongue planted firmly in cheek—through any awkward, intellectual, and/or über-sophisticated social situation, using both panache and pithy nuggets of wisdom to ensure you’ll never be at a loss for the right words and attitudes again.

Inside you will find everything you need to know about what everyone is talking about— from ordering the “right” food and drink to holding an intelligent conversation about anything, from classical music and architecture to legitimate theater and the opposite sex. With the timely information and savvy advice in this book, playfully illustrated with New Yorker-esque line drawings, you will be the most scintillating conversationalist in the bunch—whether you are faking it or not!

I just discovered the amazing design, illustration and typography of Jessica Hische. Her website is so elegant and clean.

I’m pretty jealous of her mad skills, but one of my favorite projects of Jessica’s was the “Daily Drop Cap,” a project she started in Sept. 2009. As her site states, each day (or at least each work day), a new hand-crafted decorative initial cap will be posted for your enjoyment and for the beautification of blog posts everywhere.
See the full project at dailydropcap.com

Read through Jessica’s FAQs to learn more about her.