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Swiss graphic design — A communication tool
Swiss graphic design — A communication tool
This is the story of how Swiss graphic design, throughout the 20th century, branched out into the world, became a recognised standard and…
c-a-s-t
Mar 21, 2023
Shavian (3/3): typographic implementation
Shavian (3/3): typographic implementation
Kingsley Read, ‘Androcles and the Lion’ and the final results of the G.B. Shaw’s campaign to replace Latin with a new alphabet
Leo Philp
Jan 18, 2022
Tupigrafia: the Brazilian type catalyst
Tupigrafia: the Brazilian type catalyst
Since 2000 this somewhat irregular publication based in São Paulo has been hitting its readers with a storm of letterforms. Here’s an…
c-a-s-t
Jan 5, 2021
Letter-hunting in Italy / 2
Letter-hunting in Italy / 2
Historical inscriptions and more recent signs from all over the country
james clough
Sep 16, 2020
Notes on the rotunda types of the Renaissance
Notes on the rotunda types of the Renaissance
They were the stock type for theological, legal and scholastic texts all over Europe, including Germany. Until the reformation marked…
Riccardo Olocco
Jun 23, 2020
‘The digital wave’ BY ROBIN KINROSS
‘The digital wave’ BY ROBIN KINROSS
Luciano Perondi re-reads Kinross’ article (Eye, 1992) in the light of the changes that have taken place since it was published
Luciano Perondi
Mar 17, 2020
Early ‘non-Jensonian’ Venetian romans
Early ‘non-Jensonian’ Venetian romans
A carefully illustrated review of 15th-century types which were seldom employed in more than one printing office
Riccardo Olocco
Sep 23, 2019
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