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By B.L. Ochman @whatsnext

Typography? Huh?

Are you are old enough to know what typography was?

A long, long time ago, back in the early 1980s, before the scourge of desktop publishing made everyone a “designer”, typography was integral to the aesthetic of graphic design.

Then, to the horror of those who care about design, programmers became designers and the graphic arts went to hell. And typography went down the tubes with it. Sigh.

Box of moveable type - typography