For twenty-five years, Robin Kinross has been making a case for typography as a matter of fine detail and subtle judgment, whose products concern all of us, every day. This selection of his writings-including some previously unpublished-brings his major themes into focus: the unsung virtues of editorial design and information design, the fate of Modernism in the twentieth century, and the virtues of a socially oriented design approach. His much sought-after and out-of-print pamphlet Fellow Readers (1994) is reprinted in full.
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Robin Kinross is Publisher of Hyphen Press. He lives in London.
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It is amazing that such a book is so unknown. I realize cost may be a determining factor as well as having to wait for special order but for anything from Hyphen Press it is well worth it.
All in all I refer to this book on a very regular basis, it has become my go-to book whenever I need historical facts and figures, details on various graphic design and typographic matters. It's important to realize this isn't an encyclopedia, it does not got into historical details before the 1900s, there are plenty of books that discuss these things. But for "all" things contemporary especially in Europe it's a goldmine. Herein is an amazing collection that never ceases to amaze me by the depth and richness of character. The writing is sublime and it's hard not to have the utmost respect for the body of work that has been reproduced in full in this book.
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There is a presumption implied in this exercise of recycling what may be lesser writings on a topic that is itself already 'lesser', namely - typography (though the book's subtitle might have run on to 'graphic design, and design as a whole, with some dashes into architecture, and broad-brush cultural commentary here and there too'). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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There is a presumption implied in this exercise of recycling what may be lesser writings on a topic that is itself already 'lesser', namely - typography (though the book's subtitle might have run on to 'graphic design, and design as a whole, with some dashes into architecture, and broad-brush cultural commentary here and there too'). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unjustified setting, modern typography, new typography, typeface design, letterpress printing, type designers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Anthony Froshaug, Otto Neurath, Stanley Morison, Karel Martens, Edward Wright, Max Bill, Penguin Books, Erik Spiekermann, Herbert Spencer, Norman Potter, Andere Bibliothek, Eric Gill, Lund Humphries, Marie Neurath, Herbert Bayer, University of Reading, Ken Garland, Adrian Frutiger, Central School, Joost Schmidt, Nicolete Gray, Peter Ray, Department of Typography, Martin Majoor, Paul Stiff New!
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- The New Typography (Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism S.) by Jan Tschichold on page 266
- Pop Art (Art and Design Profiles) by England) Pop Art Symposium (1991 London on page 59
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