typography
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Package tour
A Thai style of graphic design is slowly emerging from an identity crisis, powered by pioneering creatives and a new breed of CEOs who are modernising their products.
Letters from home
We meet the makers and painters continuing the aesthetic legacy of their cities, creating and preserving signs with gold leaf, ochre-white paint and neon tubes.
Fonts to run with
Before pixels and plagiarism scandals, Lance Wyman gave Mexico City 1968 its geometric soul. As Rio looms, a look back at the designer who made Olympic branding an art form.
Media
A typography treatise that delights, an interview with a crime author turned TV writer and an app with a difference.
Man of letters
Erik Spiekermann’s P98a studio has become a leading light in printing methods and typographical history. Here he casts his eye over the industry’s future in the face of changing tastes and technology.
Way to go
The signs that enhance our cities come in a chaotic mix of shapes and sizes. The craft of creating inspiring text falls to those with clear heads – the sign-writers.
Type cast
Typefaces have been used for centuries, but only now has the first brick-and-mortar shop selling fonts opened. Copenhagen branding company e-Types is hoping its seasonal store is the start of something big.
Fonts of knowledge
Japanese font-maker Morisawa takes up to four years to perfect a typeface. This meticulousness has led its fonts to become as celebrated as Helvetica, adorning everything from signs to computer screens.
