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 typographyartfirsts 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-physiologytypographycountry I don't think that success is the premise to what is good or bad. Ed Benguiat typographydesignthinking Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to. Eric Gill typographydesignpractice It is freely admitted that this "testing" is far from ideal and could even be described as anecdotal. Eric Gill testingtypographydesign 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 typographyobviouspersons Typomania is curable but not fatal. Unfortunately. Erik Spiekermann typographydesign Someday I'll design a typeface without a K in it, and then let's see the bastards misspell my name. Frederic Goudy typographydesignnames All the old fellows stole our best ideas. Frederic Goudy typographydesignideas Typography needs to be audible. Typography needs to be felt. Typography needs to be experienced. Helmut Schmid typographydesignneeds The better people communicate, the greater will be the need for better typography-expressive typography. Herb Lubalin typographypeopleneeds Typography can be as exciting as illustration and photography. Herb Lubalin typographyillustrationphotography 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 typographydesigncollege All typefaces are historical. Jonathan Hoefler typographydesignhistorical Of the many unforeseen consequences of typography, the emergence of nationalism is, perhaps, the most familiar Marshall McLuhan typographypatriotismdesign Typography is a hidden tool of manipulation within society. Neville Brody typographymanipulationtools Its focus wasn't on the written word but how the word was written. Neville Brody typographydesignfocus The Ardent Hymn that Unites Peoples. Pablo Neruda typographyhymnsdesign By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully, deliberately and well. Robert Bringhurst typographyi-hate-youmean Typography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form. Robert Bringhurst typographycraftslanguage12»
