Tag Archive: Scholarly Article

  • Modularity: An Elemental Approach to Type Design

    The term “elemental approach” is used in this exceptional essay to describe an approach to design that seeks to reduce and rationalize the characteristics of the Latin alphabet. Aoife Mooney acquaints us…

  • Of What Consequence, Design?

    This essay is an evaluation of how the Initial Teaching Alphabet was designed. Juliet Shen looks at the history and aesthetics of this curious “alphabet reform” which, amazingly, is still in use…

  • The Eszett

    Every glyph in a typeface has its history. Some, like the Euro symbol, are mere infants when compared to letters of ancient Phoenician origin. The eszett, that most German of all contemporary…

  • Serial Type Families

    An in-depth look at serial type families, also known as typeface systems or type superfamilies. Lo Celso provides us with a view of their history and development, both aesthetically and technologically, as…

  • A Discussion on Type Design Revivalism

    An extensive look at some of the major type revivals in the early twentieth century, the various approaches to reviving Francesco Griffo’s designs and the controversy surrounding the revival of typefaces in…