(1963– )
U.S. graphic designer, professor, and curator
Ellen Lupton
Every typeface wants to know: “Do I look fat in this paragraph?” It’s all a matter of context. A font could look perfectly sleek on screen, yet appear bulky and out of shape in print. Mrs. Eaves has a low waist and a small body.
Thinking with Type (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004), 37.
Do books have souls? Is there an out-of-print afterlife? Do midlist titles die and go to hell on a flaming Kindle?
“How to Lose a Legacy,” Opinionator blog, The New York Times, July 12, 2010.