Typography Magazines

A bi-annual magazine founded by Elliot Jay Stocks, based on the “Desert Island” concept applied to type. In each issue eight designers whose work is known for its typographical slant, are asked the question: “if you could only use eight typefaces for the rest of your life, what would they be?”. The interviews then expand into open-ended discussions about all things typographic and are punctuated with examples of the designers’ work. The interviews are also accompanied by various related contrib

A type design periodical published by the Swiss type foundry La Police.

The Fleuron was a British journal of typography and book arts. It was published in seven volumes from 1923 to 1930. The first four volumes were edited by Oliver Simon and the last three by Stanley Morison. Each volume contained a rich variety of papers, illustrations, specimens, inserts and facsimiles along with essays by leading writers of typography and the book arts.

Typenotes is a magazine published by the type foundry Fontsmith in London. The first issue was released in 2017.  “Simultaneously dispelling the notion that typography is just for design geeks and catering for font fanatics, TypeNotes is a new print magazine love letter to letterforms.”  

Typographica was a print magazine for typography and visual arts. It was founded and edited by Herbert Spencer and published between 1949 and 1967. Typographica was produced in two series (labeled “Old” and “New”) with sixteen issues each. 

The Typograph.Journal is written by designers for designers. The text is conversational, experimental, self-generated, personal expressions about design theory, practice and process. Each volume poses a question which sets the direction for ideas to develop and conversations to unravel.  Unlike a traditional design theory publication the journal is a curated selection of short soundbites intended as creative propulsion for the readers own ideas and development. The thinking is expanded upon with

U&lc (Upper and Lower Case), was a typographic magazine from the International Typeface Corporation (ITC) dedicated to showcasing their typefaces. The publication featured often experimental typographic compositions juxtaposed with illustrations, cartoons, and imagery. It was originally edited and designed by Herb Lubalin. Over 120 issues were published between 1970 and 1999.  PDF versions in different resolutions can be downloaded from the fon​ts.com blog: http://blog.fonts.com/category/ul

Visible Language is the oldest peer–reviewed design journal, first published in 1967. For it’s first four years, it was published under the title The Journal of Typographic Research. The founding editor, Dr. Merald Wrolstad, understood that research and scholarly information were essential to the development of communication design and in particular to the development of typography in its support of reading and writing. Understanding these broader implications, he changed the title to Visible La