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The case of Romek Marber

The Polish-born graphic designer behind Penguin’s ‘Marber grid’ helped to define British postwar graphic design with work of great power and originality. His work can be seen in a touring exhibition, now in Krakow. Interview by John L. Walters. Portrait by Philip Sayer

Face in the crowd

Andrew Robertson

Amid the rush of modern gadgetry, Kuchar Swara’s Sekford watches stand out because they are, paradoxically, timeless

Stamped in the memory

Andrew Robertson

The Gentle Author’s book about East London print and envelope specialists the Baddeley Brothers demonstrates the very crafts it celebrates

London Letters

John L. Walters, Eye editors

Philip Sayer photographs lettering on the streets of London in this alphabetical compendium

Counter intuition

Cyrus Highsmith

A short type design course will never turn you into a type designer. But it may make you a better typographer

Beyond Latin

Gerry Leonidas, John Hudson, Neelakash Kshetrimayum, Kamal Mansour, Pascal Zoghbi, Eye critics

As digital tools liberate type design from arcane limitations, more people become free to communicate using their own alphabets and languages. Gerry Leonidas chairs a panel of designers discussing the global state of ‘non-Latin’ type

James Mosley: A life in objects

Paul Barnes

Through his ideas, collecting and dogged research, the former St Bride librarian has shown that printing history can be both lively and opinionated. The world of typography owes him a great debt

Four seasons

Sarah Snaith

Micha Weidmann’s art direction for a cookbook by London chef Ollie Dabbous, with photographs by Joakim Blockstrom

Moscow by type

Kat Phan

For the underground railway of Russia’s capital, wayfinding experts City ID commissioned A2-Type to make the Metro’s first typeface and pictogram system

Writing the city

Sam Roberts, Lara Cécile Krüper

Signwriter Pete Hardwicke has left his mark on a significant area of London

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