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Aug 31, 2009
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An Essay on Typography
Gill’s approach to the changes that came with the Industrial Revolution may give us some ideas about how to curb the flux of the information age
Eric Gill's An Essay on Typography. The first edition was written in 1931.
This summer has been filled with some really great reading. About two weeks ago I finished Eric Gill’s, An essay on Typography. This lovely (and quick!) read was written in 1931.
Eric Gill is a very opinionated man, and throughout the book, he speaks much about type, printing, punch-cutting, paper, ink and more as it related to the industrial revolution. I was fascinated with how his concerns and opinions about the changing world relate to our changing world. Today, we are facing globalization, advances in technology, offshoring/outsourcing and so on. Gill’s essay is right in line with some of the challenges that today’s creative professional face.
May 16, 2009
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Stop Stealing Sheep
A review of Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works by Erik Spiekermann and E.M Ginger. Read it. Seriously.
I’ve had this book sitting on my shelf for about a year and I’ve done nothing with it other than look at the pretty pictures (of which there are many). Yesterday, I was on a long drive and I brought it along, thinking I would simply start the book. To my surprise, I digested the entire volume in about two hours. This is not to say that Spiekermann and Ginger’s book is no more than a pamphlet; no, it is a really great little book that (almost) everyone should read.