What is the proper use of typography? Should it strive for legibility, interfering with the content as little as possible by adhering to strict rules of typographic excellence? Or should it strive for its own voice through play and exploration? These questions are explored in Type Duel, a publication that gives typographic form to competing statements regarding the proper use of type between two titans of typography—Jan Tschichold and Bradbury Thompson.
Type Duel




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