John Gall: Untitled (2016) Artwork typographic specimens

typographic specimens

and to examine its place in the continuum of calligraphic manuals and to elucidate its text

and were available for the enjoyment and edification of the staff of his legendary scholarly press in Lunenburg

(where Boston is)

on developing design education

John Gall: Untitled (2016) Artwork typographic specimensJohn Gall is the creative director for the publisher Alfred A. Knopf, designing and overseeing the design of hundreds of book covers each year. In an effort to forget what he knew about design, in 2008 he began to make collages for his own pleasure. While collage had long been part of his work as a designer, this piece is not related to any book or design problem. It is simply about seeing what might happen when something is added, taken away, or