In The New Typography, Jan Tschichold explicates a functionalist and information based theory of typographic design and demonstrates its application in numerous typographic examples of varied genres. This article recounts that typographic position as it is developed in The New Typography, analyzes Tschichold’s style of visual communication, and considers subsequent developments, particularly at Ulm, in terms of the modernist commitment to functionalism, and the changing roles of information.
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