This section gathers commissioned texts, essays from our publications, reviews of events and conferences, and other writings that reflect on typography’s role in design, education, and visual culture.
This section gathers commissioned texts, essays from our publications, reviews of events and conferences, and other writings that reflect on typography’s role in design, education, and visual culture.
This section gathers commissioned texts, essays from our publications, reviews of events and conferences, and other writings that reflect on typography’s role in design, education, and visual culture.
Vernon Simpson Loves Type!
By
Rosemary Brantley
VERNON SIMPSON loves type!This message was in the shopfront window of Vernon Simpson Typographers Inc. next to an open jewelry case displaying, like a diamond ring, a tiny metal lowercase a. Vernon Simpson, whose typography career began in
Vernon Simpson Loves Type!
By
Rosemary Brantley
VERNON SIMPSON loves type!This message was in the shopfront window of Vernon Simpson Typographers Inc. next to an open jewelry case displaying, like a diamond ring, a tiny metal lowercase a. Vernon Simpson, whose typography career began in
Quasi: Experimental Writing Systems: Curator’s Statement
By
Lavinia Lascaris
Whence did the wond’rous mystic art arise, Of painting SPEECH, and speaking to the eyes? That we by tracing magic lines are taught, How to embody, and to colour THOUGHT? ―Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage, 1967With a history spann
Quasi: Experimental Writing Systems: Curator’s Statement
By
Lavinia Lascaris
Whence did the wond’rous mystic art arise, Of painting SPEECH, and speaking to the eyes? That we by tracing magic lines are taught, How to embody, and to colour THOUGHT? ―Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage, 1967With a history spann
A Visit to Tipoteca in Italy
By
Simon Johnston
About two hours north of Venice, in the town of Cornuda, where the Tipoteca Italia Foundation is situated, canals are still very much in evidence. The water in the main Brentella canal running through town flows at a pretty good pace (in fa
A Visit to Tipoteca in Italy
By
Simon Johnston
About two hours north of Venice, in the town of Cornuda, where the Tipoteca Italia Foundation is situated, canals are still very much in evidence. The water in the main Brentella canal running through town flows at a pretty good pace (in fa
John van Hamersveld: A Sun of Many Colors
By
Louise Sandhaus
Over the last decade or so, John van Hamersveld (JvH) and I have been corresponding. I first reached out to him at the dawn of working on my book, Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots. The exact shape of that project was a fuzzy blob in my
John van Hamersveld: A Sun of Many Colors
By
Louise Sandhaus
Over the last decade or so, John van Hamersveld (JvH) and I have been corresponding. I first reached out to him at the dawn of working on my book, Earthquakes, Mudslides, Fires & Riots. The exact shape of that project was a fuzzy blob in my
ATypI Paris 2023 Review
By
Lavinia Lascaris
The first type conference I ever attended was ATypI Tokyo in 2019, which marked my initial foray into the world of type nerds. Returning to Paris after a pandemic-induced hiatus, ATypI felt like four years’ worth of typographic material fro
ATypI Paris 2023 Review
By
Lavinia Lascaris
The first type conference I ever attended was ATypI Tokyo in 2019, which marked my initial foray into the world of type nerds. Returning to Paris after a pandemic-induced hiatus, ATypI felt like four years’ worth of typographic material fro
Censorship, Creativity, and the Polish School of Posters
By
Susan Malmstrom
Conventional wisdom holds that artistic freedom is paramount to the creative process. Sometimes, however, loss of control can paradoxically lead artists down new and different avenues of artistic expression. Such was the case with the Polis
Censorship, Creativity, and the Polish School of Posters
By
Susan Malmstrom
Conventional wisdom holds that artistic freedom is paramount to the creative process. Sometimes, however, loss of control can paradoxically lead artists down new and different avenues of artistic expression. Such was the case with the Polis
Collecting and Archives
By
Ramone Muñoz
I was honored, but not surprised, about a request from HMCT to briefly write about collecting. I started collecting books and art in high school and, in my family, I’m considered the Benedictine. My partner is the Franciscan. As I near reti
Collecting and Archives
By
Ramone Muñoz
I was honored, but not surprised, about a request from HMCT to briefly write about collecting. I started collecting books and art in high school and, in my family, I’m considered the Benedictine. My partner is the Franciscan. As I near reti
Artful Impact: The Posters of Abram Games
By
Gloria Kondrup, David Mihaly
British designer Abram Games (1914-1996), whose work is currently on exhibit at the HMCT South Campus through July 28, holds an important place in the legacy of twentieth-century graphic design. For over five decades he interpreted the soci
Artful Impact: The Posters of Abram Games
By
Gloria Kondrup, David Mihaly
British designer Abram Games (1914-1996), whose work is currently on exhibit at the HMCT South Campus through July 28, holds an important place in the legacy of twentieth-century graphic design. For over five decades he interpreted the soci