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Feature: Enduring characters

Gavin Lucas

Whether ornamental or practical, it has proved a vital weapon in the typographer’s armoury since the early days of print. Now OpenType technology offers a raft of new possibilities for this ever-adaptable format. Gavin Lucas explores the past and future of the dingbat

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Subject:

Type / Typography

Keywords:

Colophon, Neville Brody, OpenType, Books, , Geometric

Articles:

COLOPHON.NEVILLE+BRODY.OPENTYPE.BOOKS..GEOMETRIC

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