Type designer Tasos Varipatis, who led the TNB team, brought his hand-drawn approach to reconsider every character for a balance of geometry and organic shapes. The post Lintel Next is an Evolution of the Original, With Finnish Architect Alvar Aalto as Muse appeared first on PRINT Magazine.| PRINT Magazine
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An essay on the forgotten art of the punchcutter 1965 :: USA :: R. Hunter Middleton An essay that was published as a keepsake alongside a talk given by R. Hunter Middleton to the School of Library Service of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Language: English| archives.design
Let’s Make B for Bennett 1953 :: The Typophiles :: Warren Chappell A booklet by illustrator and type designer Warren Chappell, published by “Friends of Paul Bennett” (dated 1953-12-03), sketching the process of traditional type punchcutting using a counterpunch. The treatment is correct and well illustrated, but exceedingly brief. A portion of the print run was distributed, at Bennett’s request, as Monograph 40 of The Typophiles. Language: English| archives.design
Corona 1951 :: Linotype Company A specimen of the typeface Corona by Linotype. It was part of the Legibility Group series of newspaper types by Linotype and developed by their in-house design team. The lead type designer on this project was Chauncey H. Griffith, who was also known for his work on Bell Gothic. Language: English| archives.design
WAD to RR: A Letter about Designing Type 1940 :: Cambridge, Massachusetts :: William Addison Dwiggins An essay in the form of a letter, expanded and edited for publication, from William Addison Dwiggins to Rudolph Ruzicka on the subject of typeface design. It is especially interesting because it explains Dwiggins’ own process and goes slightly beyond abstract “design” and outlines the interactions between Dwiggins and the type development organization at Mergenthaler Linotype. “G,” ...| archives.design