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  • The art of ornament

    Recent Computer Arts cover illustrator Tom Lane reveals how he uses Illustrator and Fontographer to create impressive decorative typefaces that can be used to inject something special into your work.

  • Craftwork

    Before graphics software and computers, designers had to use scalpels, T-squares, Rotring pens, Cow Gum and art-board to create physical artwork. Adrian Shaughnessy recalls the days when art demanded painstaking craft.

  • Profile: Williams Murray Hamm

    "A lot of packaging is just decoration its typefaces and colours and backgrounds. There needs to be a conceptual heart" Richard Murray explains the ethos behind Williams Murray Hamm.

  • Q&A: Gary Hustwit

    Next year 'Helvitica' celebrates its 50th birthday and, as a tribute, filmmaker Gary Hustwit has created a movie that celebrates the font's integral role in graphic design in the last half century. Joe Russ finds out more.

  • Typographic overload

    When an abundance of choice leads to dithering away design time, perhaps we don't need any more new fonts, says Jason Arber. So how should we go about stopping the designers responsible from creating more and more choices?

  • Design a custom typeface

    There may be tens of thousands of fonts out there, but that doesn't mean you can't create your own custom type solution for a unique logo...

  • Profile: Andrea Tinnes

    Trained in Mainz and LA, this German typographer is inspired by everything from signage and public art to genetics and microscopic organisms.

  • Type of our times

    The 20th century saw type developments unimaginable to the old mid-millennium masters. We explore the history of modern typography, tracing its form from 1900 to the present.

  • Profile: Happypets

    Lausanne's brightest design trio talk to Graeme Aymer about their style, experimentation, illustration and the influence of Swiss design.
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