Typography 8, Shenval Press, Summer 1939

Content includes:
Lament For A Bluebook Bureaucracy by R. S. Hutchings
Victorian Street Balladsby Noel Carrington
The Typography Of Childrens Comicsby Denis Peck
Topographical Typography by Robert Harling
Rex Whistelr’s Book Decorations by Edith Olivier
Bookshelf review of Moholy-Nagy’s 1938 edition of The New Vision, where the reviewer not only compares Moholy to Walt Disney, but has some choice words about the typography of the New Bauhaus Books.
Type Supplement: Reviews and Specimens
Notes and acknowledgements

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Typography (Shenval Press)
Typography was a British design journal published by Shenval Press and edited by Robert Harling. It ran for eight issues between 1936 and 1939, documenting typography, printing, and book design at a pivotal moment in British graphic design history.

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