New York Types Article

[dberlowgone]

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NY Times actually, lol, I dare you not to read an article titled "A Subway Typeface History" that includes the quote: ..."a battlefield filled with typographers and color-experts locked in mortal combat." Ahhh, the splackle of clashing color swatches and pica rules in the morning.

Cheers!

[Dunwich Type]

I stopped reading that paper after they gave Kristol a column. If that wasn’t a giant red flag that says “our editors just don’t care anymore” I don’t know what is.

[dezcom]

Surfing on the East River with rounds of live Letters whizzing past your ears.

ChrisL

[beejay]

some links

The New York Times article
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/how-helvetica-took-over-the...

Paul Shaw's AIGA essay

http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/the-mostly-true-story-of-helvetica-and-t...

NYT profile of Shaw

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/realestate/29scap.html?_r=1

[beejay]

Jennifer 8. Lee?

maybe she *really* liked that Andy Garcia movie?