Modern Typography: An Essay in Critical History

• book
• 2020
• offset lithography and case binding
• 135 x 216 mm, 304 pp

This is a second Korean edition of Modern Typography (London: Hyphen Press, 1992), first published in Korea by Specter Press in 2009.

“A brisk tour through the history of Western typography, from the time (c.1700 in France and England) when it can be said to have become ‘modern’. A spotlight is directed at different cultures in different times, to trace the developments and shifts in modern typography. Attention is given to ideas, to social context, and to technics, thus stepping over the limited and tired tropes of stylistic analysis.” (From the website of Hyphen Press)

• 2nd Korean edition
• ISBN 979-11-89356-35-4 03600
• 25,000 won

Author

• Robin Kinross

Translator

• Choi Sung Min

Editor

• Workroom

Printer

• Segeoleum, Seoul

Commissioner

• Workroom Specter, Seoul

Exhibition

• 2021. 『Graphic West 9: Sulki & Min』. Kyoto DDD Gallery

See also

• Workroom Specter