Funny, while browsing some reviews of Helvetica forever I found this one on Designboom, which is featuring almost only my tiny little article on typesetting methods. Five pictures of one spread*, a boring side note in a thrilling story. Must have made an impression.
No pic of the historic essay, none of the comparisons, only one of the Hoffmann-booklet …
Buried deep down on this blog you can find some posts from the time I was working on the book. And maybe one day I will write about the making of and the contributers involved.
*Originally I had one page per technique but it got halved and halved further during the process. Understandable. Could be a book on it’s own.
* Indra Kupferschmid ist Typografin, Autorin und Professorin für Typografie und Kommunikationsdesign an der Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar. Hier sammeln sich Fundstücke und Texte der letzten Jahre.
noch mal Helvetica
Funny, while browsing some reviews of Helvetica forever I found this one on Designboom, which is featuring almost only my tiny little article on typesetting methods. Five pictures of one spread*, a boring side note in a thrilling story. Must have made an impression.
No pic of the historic essay, none of the comparisons, only one of the Hoffmann-booklet …
Buried deep down on this blog you can find some posts from the time I was working on the book. And maybe one day I will write about the making of and the contributers involved.
*Originally I had one page per technique but it got halved and halved further during the process. Understandable. Could be a book on it’s own.