Typographic, 23, December 1983

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Content includes:
Where you are, where you’ve been and where you’re going – Transport Graphics for non-Western cultures. Richard Dragun of Design Research Unit
Culture Stations – Manhattan’s subway is undergoing a transformation with its first four Culture Stations. Jenny Towndrow talks to Colin Forbes about the one Pentagram New York is designing.
The Stockholm Public Transport System and Art – Lesley Greene
Printing at the Science Museum – Colin Cohen
Books: Type Identification – An appreciation by Ian Pape.

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