Typography

Nadine Chahine|Essays

Singing in Arabic

“Isn’t there space for more than one Arab narrative?” Advocating cultural respect through typography.

Maya P. Lim|Interviews

Why Not Futura? How Futura is Actually a Conversation with the Past

Maya P. Lim talks to Never Use Futura author Douglas Thomas.

Steven Heller|Essays

The Americanization of 20s New Typography; Or the Soft Sell of the Avant Garde

Die Neue Typographie (The New Typography), the early 20th century revolution in graphic design, is being re-evaluated this year in light of the Bauhaus centenary.

Steven Heller|Essays

Seymour Chwast: Few Words, Many Letters

Seymour Chwast, a man of few words, wishes there were more than 26 letters in the alphabet.

Nancy Sharon Collins|Interviews

Mount Street Printers

Specialty printing shops are special, indeed.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Where Have All the Type Geeks Gone?

Set in Helvetica, the title for Up In the Air looks plain wrong.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Belgium: A Note on the Type

When you think about national schools of typography, Belgium isn't the first country that comes to mind.

Sebastian Carter|Essays

Jan Tschichold — Master Typographer

Jan Tschichold was one of the most distinguished typographers of the last century, and has had many admirers, among whom he himself was not the least. Jan Tschichold — Master Typographer is, as its title suggests, intended as a tribute …

Ars Libri Ltd|Collections

Writing & Calligraphy

This remarkable collection of Writing & Calligraphy from the noted connoisseur and bibliophile Peter Arms Wick.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Numbers Game

In an attempt to skirt around the Landmakrs Preservation Commission, modernists in my neighborhood are declaring their taste through their house numbers.

Jonathan Barnbrook|Miscellaneous

New Year's Greeting

Typography by Barnbrook Design, 2008Jonathan Barnbrook works as a designer and typographer in London. A monograph on his work, The Barnbrook Bible, was published in 2007.For additional perspective on eight years of the Bush …

Steven Heller|Essays

Charles Peignot: Man Behind the Faces

Peignot typeface designed by A.M. Cassandre for Deberny & PeignotIn 1929, Charles Peignot, director of the French type foundry Deberny & Peignot, sponsored A.M. Cassandre's experimental new display typeface called Bifur. Its complex …