Summer 2024
Eye type review. Take six fonts
Indra Kupferschmid
Silvia Sfligiotti
Dan Reynolds
Arve Båtevik
Sandrine Nugue
Petra Dočekalová
Dave Foster
Kris Sowersby
Tré Seals
A snapshot of contemporary type design, with half a dozen reviews by Mark Thomson, Indra Kupferschmid, Silvia Sfligiotti and Dan Reynolds
We make no extravagant aesthetic or technical claims for the typefaces shown in the following twelve pages. What we present are some highly professional and intriguing typeface families, chosen by the writers in conjunction with Eye’s design team, a series of snapshots illustrating aspects of contemporary font design. Accompanying short texts, by Mark Thomson, Indra Kupferschmid, Silvia Sfligiotti and Dan Reynolds, provide background, analysis and insight into their possible uses.
Read the full version in Eye no. 106 vol. 27, 2024
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