Blog: Typography

31 May 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Back with a flourish #2. Christian Schwartz on swashes & ornamentation
Interest in swash characters has been rekindled by a growing acceptance from type designers and…

26 May 2011

The Word on the street

The Word on the street

andrew robertson

OMG: R2’s typographic gallery wall in Lisbon was a scriptural Knockout
There was a time when most art was made for the glory of God, when…

24 May 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Faith in asymmetry. John D. Berry on Jan Tschichold and Active Literature
What makes Jan Tschichold so interesting is not his theories but his practice. None of…

22 May 2011

World’s greatest sign?

World’s greatest sign?

mike kippenhan

Stockton’s Sno-White dwarfs the opposition, says Mike Kippenhan
Declaring one singular sign the ‘Greatest in the World’ is as recklessly bold as it…

16 May 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

How lettering is made for public display: hand-cutting wood
Andrew Haslam looks at the production of display lettering, and, in this instalment, hand-cutting letterforms…

13 May 2011

Life / work / dog balance

Life / work / dog balance

eye editors

An Eye video interview with Morag Myerscough… and Lemmy
The latest issue of Eye profiles Morag Myerscough in the feature ‘In the thick of…

12 May 2011

Look behind you

Look behind you

jim aulich

Graphic Design: History in the Making at St Bride Library
Conceived by Sara De Bondt and Catherine de Smet, the one-day conference ‘Graphic Design: History…

10 May 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Back with a flourish. Christian Schwartz talks swashes – part one
The twentieth century was not a good time for swashes, often described as the ‘curly…

5 May 2011

A right royal show

A right royal show

liz farrelly

Middle England and middle managers under a steaming pile of Modern Cloth
How often do you walk round an exhibition laughing out loud, asks Liz Farrelly? Not…

4 May 2011

Alphabetical order

Alphabetical order

alexander ecob

Limited-edition book explores Peter Blake’s unpublished letterforms
Victorian publishing values go hand-in-hand with Victorian type in a special book that showcases the…
 
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