Feature: Typography
Robin Nicholas
‘I don’t see myself as a typeface designer. Hermann Zapf is a typeface designer. What I have done is to develop typefaces: pulling component parts of various typefaces that seem to work well and amalgamate those into a new design.’
Machine and man
Art, science and hot metal casting.
Photo essay by Phil Sayer
They work with words: 3
As an exercise in cross-Channel translation, OK-RM has devised a typographic spread exclusively for Eye.
They work with words: 2
Modern Toss has devised a typographic spread about the perils and pleasures of punctuation – exclusively for Eye.
They work with words: 1
Fraser Muggeridge has devised a typographic spread exclusively for Eye.
Street life
Bremen’s street magazine Die Zeitschrift der Strasse is a social project that benefits its student publishers as much as its homeless vendors. By Nick Kapica
Free for all
In designing the Ubuntu type family, Dalton Maag had to produce faces for print and screen in thirteen styles and numerous non-Latin languages – all under scrutiny from an online audience of millions. By John Ridpath
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