[3 Piet Zwart artworks for a Bruynzeel Fineerfabriek blotter] 2022-11-14 Hermann Zapf

Hermann Zapf

part easy-to-read analysis of the work of Massimo Vignelli when there was an exhibition of his publication designs at the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design & Typography

How does one write a description for a book that’s in just about every single survey of graphic design

with some specs for type and color

[3 Piet Zwart artworks for a Bruynzeel Fineerfabriek blotter] 2022-11-14 Hermann ZapfBefore the ballpoint pen was popularized in the 1950s, people wrote with fountain pens or dip pens. Because fountain pen ink of that era could be slow to dry and highly prone to smudging, people who wrote things often kept small, loose sheets of highly absorbent, unsized paper close at hand. Whenever one finished writing a letter, filling out an invoice, or signing a check, one would gently press this small card over the wet ink to soak up the excess