Jan Tschichold (2 April 1902 Leipzig, Germany – 11 August 1974 Locarno, Switzerland) was a typographer, book designer, teacher and writer. Tschichold had converted to Modernist design principles in 1923 after visiting the ...
Faith in asymmetry Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography Christopher Burke Hyphen Press, £35 eviewed by John D. Berry What makes Jan Tschichold so interesting is not his theories but his practice. None of his dogmatic theories would matter much if he hadn’t been a superb typographer. What Christopher Burke calls ‘Tschichold’s unending search ...
References Burke, Christopher. Paul Renner: the art of typography. Hypen Press, London: 1998. ISBN 0-907259-12-X. Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopædia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Lts.: 1953, 1983. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
