Paul Shaw
Recent articles by Paul Shaw
Don’t judge a book by its title
Issue 96, Spring 2018
Never judge a book by its title. If I had done that, I would never have…
Imperfect beauty
Issue 95, Winter 2018
This book exists solely because its author Esther K. Smith considers…
The unsung stencil master
Issue 92, Summer 2016
W. A. Dwiggins (1880-1956), the US designer best known for his typefaces…
Carve his name with pride
Issue 84, Autumn 2012
Michael Harvey, the British lettering artist and designer, has worked wholly…
The line of beauty
Issue 83, Summer 2012
Script typefaces, currently enjoying an unprecedented popularity, bring a vital element of…
Pink is the new black(letter)
Issue 71, Spring 2009
Since 1998, when Peter Bain and I staged the exhibition ‘Blackletter: Type and…
To the letter
Issue 75, Spring 2010
Calligraphy, in the hands of artists like Carl Kurtz and Susan Skarsgård, can be abstract, gestural…
Scale and spirit
Issue 71, Spring 2009
Optically sized fonts are the ‘slow food’ trend of typography, appreciated by a minority but…