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Credits where due
Momoco’s TV and film titles mix animation and typography to distinctive (and award-winning) effect
Out of hand
Handwriting is a touchstone in the history of graphic design, where lettering meets the messy reality of the human body
The little journal that grew big
How Dave Eggers’ design ethos contributed to the success of his publishing ‘empire’, McSweeney’s
Bullet point
Christopher Wilson is struck by flaws in the graphic analysis of JFK’s death
South Bank show
The Royal Festival hall has regained the thoroughly English lettering of its origins in the Festival of Britain – on one side only
Genetics of the 'open' text
Children’s information books communicate their content with an energetic visual language
Mr Mistral
New discoveries about Roger Excoffon’s virtuoso typefaces for Fonderie Olive prompt a fresh look at the legacy of this dynamic designer and the foundry itself.
Memory of books
An elaborate, tactile catalogue – and a digital typeface – pay tribute to a golden age of Spanish typography.
Whose space?
When the demands of Neoliberalism play havoc with our lives, it is time to fight back, and designers wield the sharpest tools