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I Don't Owe You Anything
re-pub #03 April 2025 Download re-pub #03 A curated collection of articles on creative matters from a ‘design essentialist’ perspective....


'I know it’s over, still I cling'
The Scottish Union for Education. 12 Views on Scottish education Delighted to have my article republished in the Scottish Union for...


Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others
Notes on typography – articles from the archive Scholarly and beautiful Frederic W. Goudy’s 1918 book on typography Frederic W. Goudy was one of the most prolific type designers of the twentieth century. At a time when Europe was contending with social, technical and cultural revolution, Goudy remained an uncompromising and unapologetic defender of the classical typographic faith. (See ‘Goudy, the good ol’ boy’, Matthew Carter’s review of D. J. R. Bruckner’s biography, in Eye
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