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Monotype: The Recorder, Issue 3

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Publisher: Monotype Corporation
Publication: 2016, First Edition
Binding: Softcover, section sewn
Pages: 112
Size: 215 x 275
Text: English

The Recorder is the original Monotype magazine a heritage publication dating back more than a century. Issue 3 explores typefaces with a political agenda, a new generation of women working in typography, neon lettering, banknotes, stone-carving, and more. Features include...

  • Jennifer Kennard explores how the history of banknotes is also the history of graphic design and printing.
  • Journalist Laura Snoad examines typefaces with a political agenda.
  • Amy Papaelias looks at a new generation of women in typography who are carrying on the legacy of Beatrice Warde, the original editor of The Recorder.
  • Angela Riechers examines the typographic impact of neon lettering.
  • Stone carver John Neilson delves into the secrets of an ancient craft.
  • British road signs designer Margaret Calvert, the woman who transformed the typography of transport in Britain, selects her top ten favourite typefaces.

Issue 3 features illustrations from Zoe Barker, Ellie Foreman-Peck and Ping Zhu and cover imagery created by Ari Weinkle.

Condition: Very Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Light rubbing to cover/edges. Please note that some product listings use stock imagery, so the item received may not be the item shown.

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