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Standardization, instead of i...

Standardization, instead of individualization. Cheap books, instead of private press editions. Active literature, instead of passive leather bindings.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

The book designer strives for...

The book designer strives for perfection; yet every perfect thing lives somewhere in the neighborhood of dullness and is frequently mistaken for it by the insensitive.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

Type production has gone mad,...

Type production has gone mad, with its senseless outpouring of new types... only in degenerate times can personality (opposed to the nameless masses) become the aim of human development.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

Perfect typography is more a ...

Perfect typography is more a science than an art.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

The sanserif only seems to be...

The sanserif only seems to be the simpler script. It is a form that was violently reduced for little children. For adults it is more difficult to read than serifed roman type, whose serifs were never meant to be ornamental.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

In themselves, experiments are...

In themselves, experiments are not art. Infinite amounts of energy are wasted because everybody feels he has to make his own start, his own beginning, instead of getting to know what has already been done. It is doubtful that anyone who doesn't want to...

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

The aim of every typographic w...

The aim of every typographic work - the delivery of a message in the shortest, most efficient manner.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

Readers want what is important...

Readers want what is important to be clearly laid out; they will not read what is too troublesome.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

Perfect typography is certainl...

Perfect typography is certainly the most elusive of all arts. Sculpture in stone alone comes near it in obstinacy.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

Asymmetry is the rhythmic expr...

Asymmetry is the rhythmic expression of funtional design. In addition to being more logical, asymmetry has the advantage that its complete appearance is far more optically effective than symmetry.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

The works of 'abstract' art ar...

The works of 'abstract' art are subtle creations of order out of simple contrasting elements.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

My errors were more fertile th...

My errors were more fertile than I ever imagined.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

Standardization, instead of in...

Standardization, instead of individualization. Cheap books, instead of private press editions. Active literature, instead of passive leather bindings.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

Perfect typography is more a s...

Perfect typography is more a science than an art.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

Type production has gone mad, ...

Type production has gone mad, with its senseless outpouring of new types... only in degenerate times can personality (opposed to the nameless masses) become the aim of human development.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

White space is to be regarded ...

White space is to be regarded as an active element, not a passive background.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

The sanserif only seems to be ...

The sanserif only seems to be the simpler script. It is a form that was violently reduced for little children. For adults it is more difficult to read than serifed roman type, whose serifs were never meant to be ornamental.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

The book designer strives for ...

The book designer strives for perfection; yet every perfect thing lives somewhere in the neighborhood of dullness and is frequently mistaken for it by the insensitive.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

We cannot alter the essential ...

We cannot alter the essential shape of a single letter without at the same time destroying the familiar printed face of our language, and thereby rendering it useless.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

Asymmetry is the rhythmic expr...

Asymmetry is the rhythmic expression of functional design.

Jan Tschichold 15 quotes

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