c-a-s-tinCASTSwiss graphic design — A communication toolThis is the story of how Swiss graphic design, throughout the 20th century, branched out into the world, became a recognised standard and…13 min read·Mar 21, 2023--1--1
c-a-s-tinCASTTupigrafia: the Brazilian type catalystSince 2000 this somewhat irregular publication based in São Paulo has been hitting its readers with a storm of letterforms. Here’s an…10 min read·Jan 5, 2021----
c-a-s-tinCASTLussu file #5: Other river, lake and rich champaignIn which the Author quotes Ariosto and talks about Galileo and his depictions of the Moon and the Medicean planets18 min read·Jun 20, 2019--1--1
c-a-s-tinCASTEwan Clayton, a calligrapher at PARC (2/2)The interview turns on writing and the digital: ‘We have missed an opportunity so far. But I remain hopeful.’10 min read·Mar 25, 2019--1--1
c-a-s-tinCASTEwan Clayton, a calligrapher at PARC (1/2)An interview with the author of ‘The golden thread’ on this mythological research centre in the 1990s12 min read·Feb 26, 2019----
c-a-s-tinCASTLussu file #4: The form of languageThose who are concerned with the form of letters should be conscious that writing is not a simple transcription of speech17 min read·Dec 4, 2018----
c-a-s-tinCASTLussu file #3: Morison and Tschichold in gaolTheir lives and work stimulate reflection on the designer’s role in today’s world9 min read·Jun 18, 2018--1--1
c-a-s-tinCASTLussu file #2: Wines and gobletsShould Beatrice Warde’s ‘Crystal goblet’ be seen, at best, as a harmless promotion of Monotype?16 min read·Mar 6, 2018----
c-a-s-tinCASTPrint readability and dyslexiaIs there a typeface that helps dyslexics to read?12 min read·Jan 30, 2018----
c-a-s-tinCASTLussu file #1: And what about Gutenberg?Giovanni Lussu questions whether movable types were strictly necessary for the spread of books8 min read·Nov 6, 2017----