Quotes by Typography There are bad types and good types, and the whole science and art of typography begins after the first category has been set aside. Beatrice Warde typography art firsts Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and just as it is not enough to know the typography of a country to understand its history, so also it is not enough to know the anatomy of organs to understand their functions. Claude Bernard anatomy-and-physiology typography country I don't think that success is the premise to what is good or bad. Ed Benguiat typography design thinking Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to. Eric Gill typography design practice It is freely admitted that this "testing" is far from ideal and could even be described as anecdotal. Eric Gill testing typography design I'm very much a word person, so that's why typography for me is the obvious extension. It just makes my words visible. Erik Spiekermann typography obvious persons Typomania is curable but not fatal. Unfortunately. Erik Spiekermann typography design Someday I'll design a typeface without a K in it, and then let's see the bastards misspell my name. Frederic Goudy typography design names All the old fellows stole our best ideas. Frederic Goudy typography design ideas Typography needs to be audible. Typography needs to be felt. Typography needs to be experienced. Helmut Schmid typography design needs The better people communicate, the greater will be the need for better typography-expressive typography. Herb Lubalin typography people needs Typography can be as exciting as illustration and photography. Herb Lubalin typography illustration photography I was a generalist in college. You take a lot of courses to feel out what you're interested in. I really felt web design was too limited for me to interested in it - [instead] I was really into typography. Jessica Hische typography design college All typefaces are historical. Jonathan Hoefler typography design historical Of the many unforeseen consequences of typography, the emergence of nationalism is, perhaps, the most familiar Marshall McLuhan typography patriotism design Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society. Neville Brody typography manipulation tools Its focus wasn't on the written word but how the word was written. Neville Brody typography design focus The Ardent Hymn that Unites Peoples. Pablo Neruda typography hymns design By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully, deliberately and well. Robert Bringhurst typography i-hate-you mean Typography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form. Robert Bringhurst typography crafts language 12»
