She’s Not There
"Moscoso’s genius was to give sculptural form to the negative space between his letter forms…"
Typography
A series on 25 favorite typefaces, cross-posted from our sister site HILOBROW.
California Braille
"Typefaces read with the hands can be just as complicated as those read with the eyes."
Akzidenz-Grotesk
"A stark, proto-Brutalist typeface totally out of step with the times, it was a revelation."
Gill Sans
"Gill Sans is, in effect, the national typeface of England."
Todd Klone
"One of the classic American comics letterform sets."
Johnston’s “Hamlet”
"A book that is of both the past and the present."
Toronto Subway
"The Toronto subway opened in 1954, and the original stations used a unique typeface…"
Data 70
"The fanciful logo of a tomorrow that would always feel far off."
Aldine Italic
"Its oblique flow captured not only the letter of Renaissance humanism, but its spirit as well."