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Modern Typography in Britain

Graphic Design, Politics, and Society
Typography papers 8 By Stuart Hall
and Paul Stiff

8-3/10 x 11-7/10 in; 160 pp ; 100 b/w and 10 color
Paperback
Published in May, 2009
ISBN 9780907259398
ISBN10 0907259391
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Modern Typography in Britain -- Typography Papers 8 is a special issue devoted to modernity in British typography. Graphic design in Britain from World War II through the 1970s is reconsidered not simply as a matter of style, but as a visible form of social philosophy and an optimistic claim on enlightenment. The issue's centerpiece is a revised version of British sociologist Stuart Hall's 1972 essay on the illustrated magazine Picture Post. Other topics include recollections of designing and politics; graphic design for the campaign for nuclear disarmament; and a history of the pioneering British book packager Adprint. Typography Papers 8 is derived from the findings of the Optimism of Modernity, a research project begun in 2004 by the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication of the University of Reading.