Typography

Rick Poynor|Essays

Paul Stiff, the Reader’s Champion

For the late Paul Stiff, design educator, writer, editor and skeptic, typography must never neglect to serve the reader.

Paul Shaw|Reviews

Standard Deviations: Types and Families in Contemporary Design

When the Museum of Modern Art decided, at the beginning of this year, to expand its purview and include typefaces, it was a moment of celebration. However, the feeling of elation quickly gave way to puzzlement.

Erik Spiekermann|Essays

Erik Spiekermann - Putting Back the Face into Typeface

In this video, Erik Spiekermann discusses his process and methods for designing type.

Andy Chen|Essays

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Cub

Is design strictly a set of rules?

Jessica Helfand|Essays

Sticks and Stones Can Break My Bones but Print Can Never Hurt Me: A Letter to Fiona on First Reading "The End of Print"

In 2000, Jessica Helfand wrote a letter to her daughter Fiona, giving her a primer on graphic design.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Sans Serif Seasons Greetings

The market in "modern" holiday cards grows every year, but the choices--Helvetica, brown and baby blue, color blocks--still seem dated.

Rick Poynor|Essays

Rethinking Conceptual Type Design

In Copenhagen last week, the organizers of “Conceptual Type — Type Led by Ideas” posed the question: “Where are the idealistic fonts, the fonts that are frontiers of new belief?”

Michael Bierut|Essays

Michael Bierut on Typography

In a video interview with The Atlantic, Michael Bierut talks about typography.

Meena Kadri|Miscellaneous

Two Rupees Worth

Now that the dust has settled on India's launch of their rupee symbol we are starting to see its application beyond the initial fanfare.

Ken Botnick|Essays

The Subtle Technology of Indian Artisanship

How India's craftsmen offer lessons in design thinking.

James Merrill|Poetry

"b o d y"

A poem by James Merrill.

Eric J. Herboth|Essays

Eames the Typeface

A look at the new Eames Century Modern typeface, designed by Erik van Blokland, and developed by House Industries in collaboration with the Eames Office.