Typography Today, conceived, edited and designed by Helmut Schmid, was first published in 1980 as a special issue of Idea magazine, and republished as a book in 1981 by Seibundo Shinkosha. Though out of print for many years, it has achieved international recognition, prompting this new, expanded edition.
It introduces selected works of 88 designers from 15 countries. It traces the course of modern typography from pioneers such as El Lissitzky, Tschichold and Zwart; to Emil Ruder, Karl Gerstner and Herb Lubalin; through to Wolfgang Weingart, Wim Crouwel and Kohei Sugiura. This new edition includes work by Neville Brody, April Greiman and Ahn Sang-Soo. There are essay contributions from Wolfgang Weingart, Wim Crouwel, Kohei Sugiura, Franco Grignani, John Cage and Helmut Schmid; and the famous essay 'Typography as Communication and Form' by Emil Ruder.