Review: Typography
Easy reading
Paul Luna has written a very thorough explanation of typography as a subject and a…
Rules of engagement
Back in 2005, I wrote ‘In Search of a Comprehensive Type Design Theory’, a somewhat…
An old-fashioned alien invasion
Oldham’s project has been more than two years in the making, and They Live’s enduring impact on visual culture makes it a good place to start …
Anglo-Saxon latitudes
The London transport maps designed by MacDonald (Max) Gill can be regarded as sitting in…
From cover to cover
Originally used to protect book bindings, dust jackets were often discarded before a book was…
Don’t judge a book by its title
Never judge a book by its title. If I had done that, I would never…
Relics of a vanished world
‘It’s all about nostalgia now,’ writes Malcolm Garrett in his introduction to Letraset: The DIY…
Japanese traces
This winter, the Tokyo exhibition ‘Fragments of Graphism: An Alternative History of Graphic Design in…
Elusive characters
On the surface, Marcel’s Letters is a fascinating story. Once you dig a little deeper…
A weighty guide to Latin typefaces
More than ever, typography is an incessant talking (and writing) point. Its history is a…