Review: Typography
Don’t judge a book by its title
Never judge a book by its title. If I had done that, I would never…
Relics of a vanished world
‘It’s all about nostalgia now,’ writes Malcolm Garrett in his introduction to Letraset: The DIY…
Japanese traces
This winter, the Tokyo exhibition ‘Fragments of Graphism: An Alternative History of Graphic Design in…
Elusive characters
On the surface, Marcel’s Letters is a fascinating story. Once you dig a little deeper…
A weighty guide to Latin typefaces
More than ever, typography is an incessant talking (and writing) point. Its history is a…
Guts and gutters
The Brazilian art director and designer Bea Feitler (1938-82) said of magazines that ‘you can’t…
A sharp eye for Brazilian design
The short title of this exhibition – ‘Brasil Hoje’ [Brazil Today] – gives an idea…
Artists’ letters
Despite the importance of words and letters in the history of art, few critics –…
A note on the type
The Eye reviews desk bends under the weight of new books on type, from the…
A 2D man comes to life
This gutsy new book by Paul Sahre is a candid narrative about a graphic designer – a two-dimensional practitioner.