References
Things I keep coming back to. Updated as I find more.
Design
Typography
Layout & Grid
Identity
Things to Print
- Google Patents: historical patent drawings; especially pre-1960 mechanical diagrams
- NASA Image and Video Library: high-res mission photography, schematics, technical diagrams
- SkyVector: sectional aeronautical charts; IFR en-route charts
- USGS Topographic Maps: full-resolution US topo maps, printable PDFs
- CIA Reading Room: declassified documents; Cold War cartography and technical intelligence
- Biodiversity Heritage Library: 19th-century botanical and zoological illustration
- Bitsavers: scanned manuals for vintage computers and electronics; schematics, engineering docs
- TUHS: Unix Heritage Society: Unix source code, documentation, and system diagrams
- Archive.org: Computer Magazines: scanned issues of Byte, Creative Computing, dr. dobb's, and others