A short and strong statement of position by a type designer. The book takes a wide view, taking in the business of present-day font production, and the technics and the ethics of type as software. As always, Smeijers’s arguments are informed by a strong historical sense. The book also shows his own work as a designer, and is published as a conclusion to the award to him of the Gerrit Noordzij Prize.

availabilityin print
published2003.11.13
extent144 pp
dimensions220 × 140 mm
illustrationsb&w + colour pictures
bindingsewn paperback
ISBN0-907259-24-3
ISBN13978-0-907259-24-4
£17.50
Cover of Type now

Introduction

Type now
Traps of our present technology
The commodity of type
Artisan or designer
Fifteen years of democratic type?
The show goes on
A new moral code?
A code of conduct
Glossary

Fred Smeijers: work so far
Typefaces
In colour
Year by year

Acknowledgements

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