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A working library is a blog about work, reading & technology by Mandy Brown

On following paths

On Minima Moralia & Unjustified Texts

Kinross on the typographer’s bible

On Modern Typography & The Elements of Typographic Style

Criticism for the new grotesques

On Modern Typography & How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul

On the “science” of typography

On Modern Typography & Slow Learner

Tschichold arguing against Swiss design

On Modern Typography

On modern typography in America

On Modern Typography

On the typography of democracy

On Modern Typography

On the question of what is literature

On Literary Theory & Modern Typography

On “masculine printing” versus “feminine printing”

On Modern Typography

Coming back around again to criticism and ideology

On Unjustified Texts

Regarding the “new” typography

On Unjustified Texts

On the origins of the designer

On Unjustified Texts

A reminder about the collaboration required to produce a beautiful book

On Unjustified Texts

Kinross on Tschichold’s turn towards the traditional

On Unjustified Texts

On not judging a book by its cover

On Unjustified Texts

On the democracy of letters

On Unjustified Texts

A good metaphor

On Unjustified Texts

Eagleton tackles tattoos

On After Theory

On the difference between liberalism and socialism

On After Theory

Tragedy versus comedy

On After Theory & The Comedy of Survival

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