Type Design

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  1. Modular Type System modernist–variable type / Layout

    Locks sizes and spacing to a few ratios, one consistent voice across changing media.

  2. Hangul Typography 1446– / 1980s– / Style

    The design culture of Hangul, a script that maps the structure of sound into geometry. The 1446 Hunminjeongeum set out its combinatory principles; contemporary designers extend them in experiments like talnemokkol, breaking the square frame.

  3. ITC Style 1970s–1980s / Style

    The phototype-era New York style of huge x-heights and tight-not-touching settings. Lubalin's conceptual typography and U&lc magazine made letters perform as pictures — the face of the 1970s.

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