I'm very much a word person, so that's why typography for me is the obvious extension. It just makes my words visible. — Erik Spiekermann Copy Share Image
Set a page in Fournier against another in Caslon and another in Plantin and it is as if you heard three different… — Beatrice Warde Copy Share Image
Doing something a long time does not mean you're good. It only means you've done it a long time. — Ed Benguiat Copy Share Image
The book, that stubbornly unelectric artifact of pure typography, possesses resources conducive to the flourishing of the soul. A thoughtful reading of… — Douglas Groothuis Copy Share Image
Someday I'll design a typeface without a K in it, and then let's see the bastards misspell my name. — Frederic Goudy Copy Share Image
Perfect typography is certainly the most elusive of all arts. Sculpture in stone alone comes near it in obstinacy. — Jan Tschichold Copy Share Image
They should make new ways to better design buildings and books. The computer was the end of Swiss typography! — Emil Ruder Copy Share Image
Of all the achievements of the human mind, the birth of the alphabet is the most momentous. — Frederic Goudy Copy Share Image
I love bookshelves, and stacks of books, spines, typography, and the feel of pages between my fingertips. I love bookmarks, and old… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
“We may say then that the contribution of the telegraph to public discourse was to dignify irrelevance and amplify impotence. But this… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
There is nothing simple or dull in achieving the transparent page. Vulgar ostentation is twice as easy as discipline. When you realise… — Beatrice Warde Copy Share Image
Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society. All schools should be teaching typography; we should be fundamentally aware of how… — Neville Brody Copy Share Image
In the nineteenth century, which was a dark and inflationary age in typography, man compositors were encouraged to stuff extra space between… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of less-saturated… — Alan Cooper Copy Share Image
From all these experiences the most important thing I have learned is that legibility and beauty stand close together and that type… — Adrian Frutiger Copy Share Image
A man who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep, Frederic Goudy liked to say. If this wisdom needs updating, it is… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
Writing is not a series of strokes, but space, divided into characteristic shapes by strokes. — Gerrit Noordzij Copy Share Image
What's the use of being legible, when nothing inspires you to take notice of it? — Wolfgang Weingart Copy Share Image
For me, typography is a triangular relationship between design idea, typographic elements, and printing technique. — Wolfgang Weingart Copy Share Image
I discovered that I never really used Helvetica but I like to look at it. I like the VW beetle, too, although… — Stefan Sagmeister Copy Share Image
