Typography may have entered the stratosphere of a new age, but the internal dynamic that propels it remains the same, a fusion of language and the alphabet.
My Typographies
Category: Readings
Belief and Reality
Since my “threadbare” and “reactionary” arguments may interest the readers of this magazine, I would like to present them here, without fear that they may “cause mischief”.
On Typography
It is worth considering once again the situation of typography.
Restrictions
This very short text is from Recollected Work, a retrospective of projects by the Dutch designers Mevis and van Deursen.
Modern Typography: An Essay in Critical History
Standardization, instead of individualization. Cheap books, instead of private-press editions. Active literature, instead of passive leather bindings. (Jan Tschichold, 1930.)
The Purloined Letter
At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18—, I was
Writing and Printing
The invention of printing is manifested in works in which the new epoch-making process of using movable type does not show to its full advantage.
Mots et Choses
Editorial F.R. David, Winter 2008