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  • Allyson McCabe
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Sound & Vision: Spencer Drate & Judith Salavetz

  • Allyson McCabe
  • October 7, 2015
Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz on their long collaborative career designing for artists like John Lennon, the Talking Heads, and more.
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What’s Your Type (Font)?

  • Stephanie Bento
  • September 30, 2015
Serif or sans serif? Bold or italics? Over at The Walrus, Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Kay and Art Director Brian Morgan talk about Apple’s new font, San Francisco. “Typefaces are like plays……
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Word of the Day: Amphigory

  • Sara Menuck
  • June 24, 2015
(n.); a nonsense verse; specifically, a poem designed to look and sound good, but which has no meaning upon closer reading; from the French amphigouri. “Just imagine a typeface that…
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  • Allyson McCabe
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Sound & Vision: Hannah Haugberg

  • Allyson McCabe
  • April 17, 2015
Painter and letterer Hannah Haugberg discusses the art of designing custom guitar pedals.
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What Words Used to Look Like

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • August 22, 2013
If Rumpus readers have one thing in common, it’s that we all love words—their meanings, their sounds, even their shapes. If you have a particular affection for the way words…
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Too Much Fun With The OED

  • Seth Fischer
  • January 24, 2010
It looks like Nick Martens over at The Bygone Bureau is having too much fun with his OED subscription. “To those who would say that there is nothing “secret” about…
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The History of a Font

  • Brian Spears
  • December 12, 2009
This is the story of Johnston Sans, a character-set created for the London Underground in 1915, and the challenges involved in updating an iconic typeface. I wouldn’t blame you for…
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