Detail in typography discusses in simple steps the factors that make text easy to read and good to look at. Hochuli starts by describing what we know about the reading process. Then he looks at the letters of the Latin alphabet: what is good form in letters? How has script and type developed? How do letters work as visual elements? He goes on to discuss words: how do they hang together? How do we recognize them? Next, he looks at lines of words, and thus at the space between words. Also here he considers punctutation as an element of the line. Then there is the question of the space between lines (‘leading’): what are the factors there? The book is rounded off with a look at typefaces and their properties.
Detail in typography, designed by its author, is printed and bound in Switzerland to the best standards. It provides, in its own form and manufacture, a demonstration of how books can be made.

£12,50 available at Hyphen Press.

Back Cover is a french magazine about graphic design and typography.
Back Cover is an open place for personalities from all countries who make or analyse our visual environment.
Back Cover does not deal with news and does not present portfolios.
It contains thoughts, critical or historical analysis and individual or collective experiences in graphic design, typography, illustration and visual arts.
Each issue brings together contributions by international actors in the mentioned areas: graphic designers, typographers, art critics and historians, journalists, under different shapes: interviews, diairies, theoretical articles, transcripts of lectures…

Contributors
Peter Bil’ak, Aurélien Froment, Richard Hollis, Annick Lantenois, Pierre Leguillon, Anne Lemonnier, John O’reilly, Raphaël Zarka.

Take a look at the very interesting article about the swiss master Karl Gerstner.

I received in my mail this morning this very interesting package about korean experimental typography.

Here are some words from people who created this project:

We/A2B are paying attention to Han-geul as a simplistic, combinative and scientific character. Perceiving it as a typographic possibility, Han-geul has many similarities with the building brick toy. We hope to introduce this to other countries with postcards using Han-geul fonts that we have designed. By sending these postcards around the world and collecting the responses, we plan to make a book about people’s thoughts on the Korean alphabet, Han-geul.

A2B is Changeun, E (A senior at Dankook University) and Donghyeog, Shin (A junior at Dankook University).

Keep definitely an eye on this upcoming project…

Ben Dodgson from the excellet DesignSupremo website, just informed me the release of the new version of A_B_ Peace & Terror by Peter Crnokrak.

Take a look and of course grab it fast!

Céline Leterne, Belgian designer gone to England, runs a nice multi-disciplinary design studio based in the South of England.

Take a look at her work… Pretty interesting.