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Emigre 40, The Info Perplex, 1996

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Edition of 7,000.
Printed at Dome Printing, Sacramento, CA.
Guest editor: Andrew Blauvelt.
Designer: Rudy VanderLans.
Emigre Fonts: Zuzana Licko.

Content. includes:
Andrew Blauvelt, Arrivals and Departures (introduction).
Andrew Blauvelt, Unfolding Information (essay).
Diane Gromala, Recombinant Bodies (essay).
Teal Triggs and John Warwicker, inthisworldtogether (essay and design).
Frances Butler, Punctuation, or the Dream of Legibility (essay). PDF Download
Anne Burdick, Reading Writing Space (review of Writing Space: The Computer, Hypertext, and the History of Writing by Jay David Bolter).
The Readers Respond (mail, including Kevin Fenton, with a reply by VanderLans, and William Drenttel and John Downer).

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Rudy VanderLans
  • Year: 1996
  • Size: 210mm x 285mm

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Emigre 40, The Info Perplex, 1996. Designed by Rudy VanderLans
Emigre 40, The Info Perplex, 1996. Designed by Rudy VanderLans
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