Typographic creativity abounds in this issue, from book design, through posters, to the intellectual challenge of the abstract symbol.
Kirsten Schneider plots Jan Tschichold‘s work for the ‘Bücherkreis‘, an object lesson in book design evolution; while the background to the posters, at another brilliant Italian graphic art exhibition at LondonÕs Estorick Collection, is described by Christopher Adams.
Stunning book covers by letterer Hans Tisdall feature in Michael Harvey’s article about this very ‘European‘ designer and illustrator. In contrast Steven Heller shines a welcome spotlight on the relatively unsung (and very French) typographic innovator Robert Massin, with his ‘type-as-voice‘.