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• Perfect typography is certainly the most elusive of all arts. Sculpture in stone alone comes near it in obstinacy.
• The works of 'abstract' art are subtle creations of order out of simple contrasting elements.
• Asymmetry is the rhythmic expression of functional design.
• We cannot alter the essential shape of a single letter without at the same time destroying the familiar printed face of our…
• The book designer strives for perfection; yet every perfect thing lives somewhere in the neighborhood of dullness and is frequently mistaken for…
• The sanserif only seems to be the simpler script. It is a form that was violently reduced for little children. For adults…
• White space is to be regarded as an active element, not a passive background.
• Type production has gone mad, with its senseless outpouring of new types... only in degenerate times can personality (opposed to the nameless…
• Perfect typography is more a science than an art.
• Standardization, instead of individualization. Cheap books, instead of private press editions. Active literature, instead of passive leather bindings.
• Asymmetry is the rhythmic expression of funtional design. In addition to being more logical, asymmetry has the advantage that its complete appearance…

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