Modernism and traditionalism: points of convergence in European typography, 1925–1950

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Burke, C. orcid id iconORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0391-3740 (2017) Modernism and traditionalism: points of convergence in European typography, 1925–1950. In: Counter-Signals 2: Hieroglyphs of the anti-commodity. Counter-Signals (2). Other Forms, Chicago / Berlin, pp. 150-161. ISBN 9780998170800

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Anglo-Saxon New Traditionalism and Central European Modernism in typography are generally considered opposites. This essay examines surprising commonalities between them, and traces parallels in the work of Stanley Morison and Jan Tschichold, the respective leading figures of each movement.

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Divisions Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Typography & Graphic Communication
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