Publisher's Synopsis
The Typogra sche Monatsblatter was one of the most important journals to successfully disseminate the phenomenon of "Swiss typography" to an international audience. In existence for more than seventy years, the journal witnessed signi cant moments in the history of typography and graphic design. 30 Years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typogra sche Monatsblatter examines the years from 1960 to 1990, that correspond to a period of transitionin which many factors such as technology, socio-political contexts, and aesthetic ideologies pro- foundly affected and transformed the elds of typography and graphic design. The book includes a large number of works from well-known and lesser-known designers such as Emil Ruder, Helmut Schmid, Wolfgang Weingart, Hans-Rudolf Lutz, Jost Hochuli, and many others.
