Christian Schwartz

Recent articles by Christian Schwartz

Back with a flourish

Issue 62, Winter 2006

Feature

A taste for ornamentation and 1970s kitsch has led to a revival in the swash, the ‘tea cosy’ of typography

Deep in the archives

Issue 75, Spring 2010

Feature

Contemporary type designers Christian Schwartz and Paul Barnes select some historical type specimens that excite and intrigue them.

Recent blog posts about Christian Schwartz

Type Tuesday

13 December 2011
Design history, Graphic design, Typography, Visual culture

Christian Schwartz and Paul Barnes deep in the archives: Wilson, 1789
Some typefaces defy the classification of time and place. Wilson’s Roman of 1789 is a…