This piece is the cover of Reginald Reynolds’ book entitled Beards designed by Alan Peckolick. Published in 1976, this book is a philosophic curation of beards, their discourse, and the art of barbering. Enough about chin hair — let’s talk about design. This piece was designed and lettered by Alan Peckolick under Herb Lubalin’s leadership.…
Marian Bantjes is an internationally recognized designer, illustrator, writer and typographer. Her career began as a book typesetter until she co-founded and ran her own graphic design studio, Digitopolis, and then branched off to work on her own as a graphic artist and letterer. She spent 20 years working in graphic design and typography before…
“Until the nineteenth century, books remained the major product of the printer. By the beginning of industrialization, the traditions of roman, italic, and black-letter types had been well established” (Lawson, 363). However; script types did not readily join their serif and sans serif counterparts in the new century. At the time, very few script types…