Review: Edward Mendelson on Typography
What rhythm, timbre, accent, and tone do for the spoken word, typographic design does for words printed on a page or displayed on a screen. Much as an all-capitals e-mail message has the effect of shouting, the subtler effects of typography are always influencing readers, mostly in unconscious ways. The great merit of Paul Luna’s Typography: A Very Shor…
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