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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.
Devil in the detail
Careful, even-tempered typographer by day – wild art director by night? For John Morgan, both the typographic detailing and the grand gestures are essential to each project’s unique ‘atmosphere’. By John L. Walters.
The line of beauty
Script typefaces, currently enjoying an unprecedented popularity, bring a vital element of humanity to the digital age. By Paul Shaw and Abby Goldstein
Last things last
It’s not a case of ‘us and them’! Ken Garland addresses an issue left unsaid in his 1964 First Things First manifesto: an acknowledgement of the client’s essential role in graphic design
Miss Fixit
Tina Roth Eisenberg never had a business plan. But all the things she dreams up – the Swissmiss blog, ‘creative mornings’, stick-on tattoos – pay off. By Steven Heller
Postmodern jam session
Jan Middendorp recalls Fuse, the type ‘magazine’ that opened up (and put the lid on) a transient era of adventurous type design from small digital foundries
Rethinking Lubalin
As his book on Herb Lubalin – the first in almost 30 years – goes to press, Adrian Shaughnessy explains his change of heart about the US typographer
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