Feature: Typography
Character studies
Michael Johnson’s project to make a ‘phonetic typeface’ that English speakers can understand
Allan Fleming: The man who branded a nation
At a pivotal moment in Canada’s history, Allan Fleming’s typographic designs for stamps, books, advertisements, logos and big civic projects shaped the look of the country, leaving a vital legacy
Different strokes
Sensitive details and technological ingenuity make Alejandro Paul’s script typeface designs both highly regarded and hugely popular
Typostalgie
Nostalgia for Germany’s old East has led to renewed interest in certain pre-1989 typefaces
South Bank show
The Royal Festival hall has regained the thoroughly English lettering of its origins in the Festival of Britain – on one side only
Memory of books
An elaborate, tactile catalogue – and a digital typeface – pay tribute to a golden age of Spanish typography.
Set the letters free
Australian artist Rosalie Gascoigne turned discarded packaging type into ‘stammering concrete poetry’
Willem Sandberg: Warm printing
The Dutch pioneer’s catalogues for the Stedelijk show a tactile use of sensual materials and experimental typography
Reputations: George Lois
‘You can’t research a big idea. The only ideas that truly research well are mediocre ideas. In research, great ideas are always suspect.’
Malcolm, Peter … and Keith
The British New Wave was born at a boys’ school near Manchester