TypeNotes: A journal dedicated to typography & graphic design, No.3 2020

Content includes:
One billboard in Powderhorn, Minneapolis – Erik Brandt’s garage gallery goes global
The arty type – Kern-ceptual-from Ed Ruscha to Tracey Emin, via Bob and Roberta Smith, and the Guerrilla Girls
Five things… to tackle creative block – Pum Lefebure, Design Army
The big typographic night out – East London letters and the night bus home
Never the bridesmaid, always St Bride – Meet Fleet Street’s hidden gem -then plan a visit
Five things… to tackle creative block – Dava Guthmiller, Noise 13
After hours – Inspiration out of the office
Variable is the spice of type – Phil Garnham delves into variable type
Get with the programme – A treasure trove of typography at the BFI
Five things… to tackle creative block – Luke Brown, The Company You Keep
That’s the spirit – A look at what makes some bottles more quaffable than others
Pulp culture – Chris Bolton takes us through his best beer mats
Sketching it out… – Meander through Adam Higton’s otherworldly sketches
For the beauty of writing – The ABC of orthotypography
Five things… to tackle creative block – Chris Pitney, freelance designer
Estd. 1926 – Behind the scenes with Perrott Bespoke Printing
A guide to type styles – A quick look at typographic groupings
Lovely Corita – The Hollywood sister and graphic design luminary finally getting her due
Five things… to tackle creative block – David Heasty, Triboro
Mad Men – Georgia Fendley, Construct, grapples with her controversial design hero Jean-Paul Goude
To the point – Question mark & exclamation mark
Letters page – From the pens and pencils of Fontsmith

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TypeNotes is a contemporary typography publication documenting type design, lettering, and typographic culture.

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