PERIODICALS


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Description: ‘...’ is the title of a new graphic design magazine intended to fill a gap in current arts publishing, to offer inventive critical journalism on a variety of topics related both directly and indirectly to graphic design culture.
Editors: Jurgen Albrecht, Stuart Bailey, Peter Bilak, Tom Unverzagt
Publishers: Jurgen Albrecht, Stuart Bailey, Peter Bilak, Tom Unverzagt
ISSN: 1615-1968
Frequency: Two Per Year

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&Type!
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Publisher: The Design & Publishing Center
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Adobe Magazine
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Editor: Karen D. Fishler
Publisher: Adobe Systems, Inc.
ISSN: 1081-4477
Frequency: Quarterly

baseline: International Typographics Journal
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Editors: Mike Daines & Hans Dieter Reichert
Publisher: Bradbourne Publishing Ltd.
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Frequency: Four Per Year

Before & After Magazine
Description: A print magazine that teaches the techniques of graphic design to desktop publishers. Readers can learn typography, page composition and illustration on projects. Printed in full-color, without advertisements.
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Publisher: Page Lab, Inc.
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Frequency: Bimonthly

Belle Lettere
Description: A bilingual (Italian & English) ezine by the Belle Lettere guild for calligraphy.
Editor: Carlo Buffa
Publisher: BelleLettere Guild
Frequency: Irregular

Bookways
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Publisher: W. Thomas Taylor Inc.
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Frequency: Four Per Year

Cahiers GUTenberg Description: A magazine (French) on typography and electronic documents
Editor: Jacques André
Publisher: Frenc TeX Users Group: Association GUTenberg
ISSN: 1140-9304
Frequency: 4 Per Year

CAP Online
Description: An ezine on design, business and marketing.
Editors: Jack Yan, Katherine Dovey, Anne-Marie Evans & Rebecca Thorpe
Publisher: Jack Yan Associates
Frequency: Monthly

Communication Arts
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Editor: Patrick Coyne
Publisher: Coyne & Blanchard, Inc.
ISSN: 0010-3519
Frequency: Eight Per Year

Communication et Langage
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Frequency: Six Per Year

Counter
Description: Provides articles of interest to book historians and artisans alike.
Editor: Kathy Magarrell
Publisher: University of Iowa, Center for the Book
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Frequency: Three Per Year

Critique Magazine
Description: A magazine that focused on the concepts and ideas behind graphic design.
Editor: Marty Nuemeier
Publisher: Critique Magazine
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Frequency: Quarterly from 1996-2000

Desktop Publisher’s Journal, The
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Editor: Barry Harrigan
Publisher: Desktop Publishers Journal
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Frequency: Monthly

deZine Cafe
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Digital Type Review (Formerly Baseline. Not to be confused with baseline Journal; see above)
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Editor: Tim Rolands
Publisher: Tim Rolands
ISSN: None
Frequency: Daily (Irregular)

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Emigre
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Editor: Rudy Vanderlans
Publisher: Emigre, Inc.
ISSN: 1045-3717
Frequency: Quarterly

Eye: The International Review of Graphic Design.
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Editor: Max Bruinsma
Publisher: Emap Construct
ISSN: 0960-779X
Frequency: Quarterly

Fine Print
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Frequency: Quarterly from 1975-1990

Fleuron, The
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Editor: Oliver Simon (1923-25) and Stanley Morison (1926-30)
Publisher: Reprinted by Greenwich Reprint Corp. [1960]
ISSN: None
Frequency: Annual from 1923-1930 (7 Vols.)

FontSite, The
Description: An e-zine dedicated to digital type and design.
Publisher: Sean Cavanaugh
ISSN: None
Frequency: Bi-monthly

font
Description: A new magazine about graphic design and typography available directly from FontShop in print and online.
Editor: Margaret Richardson
Publisher: FontShop International
ISSN: None
Frequency: Quarterly (Irregular)

Four-Letter Word [****]
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FUSE
Description: An experimental typography series of matching fonts and posters.
Editor: Neville Brody
Publisher: FontShop International
ISSN: None
Frequency: Irregular

Grafica Obscura
Description: The explorations of a graphics researcher presented as a notebook in progress.
Editor: Paul Haeberli

GRAPHIS Magazine
Description: “The International Journal of Visual Communication” Graphis concerns worldwide design and graphic communication.
Editor: B. Martin Pedersen
Publisher: GRAPHIS, Inc.
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Frequency: Six Per Year

HOW
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Editor: K. F. Reinmann
Publisher: J. M. Lapin/F&W; Publications, Inc.
ISSN: 0866-0483
Frequency: Bimonthly

ID Magazine
Description: id Magazine is a pop culture publication based in southwestern Ontario with a focus on music, the arts, and socio-political issues. Our online site is updated monthly.
Editors: Michael Barclay & Sherri Telenko
Publisher: Michael McLarnon
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Frequency: Biweekly

IdN Magazine
Description: IdN (International Designers Network) is available in two separate editions, English & Chinese and regularly features articles on type and typography.
Editor: Sean Cavanaugh
Publisher: Laurence Ng
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Frequency: Bi-monthly

Information Design Journal
Description: Send subscription inquiries to: IDJ Subscriptions
Editor: Paul Stiff/Sue Walker
Publisher: Text Matters
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Frequency: Two Per Year

Insite
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Publisher: Phil’s Fonts
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I-Jusi
Description: An experimental graphic design magazine published twice a year by Orange Juice Design in Durban South Africa. I-Jusi aims to encourage and promote South African graphic design to interested creatives and writers worldwide. The strictly non-commercial 16 page A3 magazine is published in January and August each year and is limited to a print run of 500 copies per issue. In the spirit of ubuntu (we exist relative to one another) the "I-JUSI production team" all contribute their services gratis.
Editor: Garth Walker
Publisher: Orange Juice Design
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Frequency: Bi-Annual

Journal of The Printing Historical Society
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Frequency: Annually

Journal of Typographic Research, The
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Letter Arts Review Formerly Calligraphy Review
Description: "...Explores all facets of lettering in the arts- from monks slavishly copying historical manuscripts to those behind the mouse creating innovative typefaces."
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Publisher: Letter Arts Review
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Frequency: Quarterly

Matrix
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Frequency: Irregular

Metropolis
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Editor: Susan S. Szenasy
Publisher: Horace Havemeyer III/Bellerophon Publications Inc.
ISSN: 0279-4977
Frequency: Ten Per Year

Page
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ParaType Ezine
Description: Primarily in Russian with some English translations.
Editor: Alexander Tarbeev
Publisher: ParaType
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PLAZM
Description: A magazine dedicated to the unrestricted expression of ideas in any medium. Regular features include: photography, literature, illustration, poetry, articles, manifestos & experimental ideas, interviews & reviews.
Editor: Yariv Rabinovitch
Publisher: Plazm Media Collective
ISSN: 1085-4525
Frequency: Quarterly

PRINT
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Frequency: Six Per Year

Printer, The
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Printing History
Description: The Journal of the American Printing History Association
Editor: David Pankow
Publisher: APHA (American Printing History Association)
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Qwerty Arts
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Frequency: Six Per Year

Scribe, The: Journal of Society of Scribes & Illuminators
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Publisher: Society of Scribes & Illuminators
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Frequency: Twice Per Year

Scriptorium Magazine
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Publisher: Ragnarok Press
Editor: David Nalle
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Frequency: Six Per Year

Serif: The Magazine of Type & Typography
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Publisher: Quixote Digital Typography
Editor: D. A. Hosek
ISSN: 1080-2207
Frequency: Quarterly

SPEAK
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Editor: Dan Rolleri
Publisher: SPEAK Magazine
ISSN: 1088-8217
Frequency: Bi-Monthly

Specimen Magazine
Description: Specimen is an italian magazine completely devoted to type & typography.
Editors: Jane Patterson & Sebastiano Castiglioni
Publisher: Lab Network
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Terminal
Editor: Terminal features articles about typography and the history of type & printing.
Publisher: P22 Type Foundry
ISSN: None
Frequency: Irregular

tipoGrafica
Description: Primarily in Spanish with some English translations.
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Frequency: Three Per Year

Tiro TypeWork’s Journal Description:
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Typ online
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Type: A Journal of the Association Typographique Internationale
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Publisher: ATypI
Editor: Sumner Stone
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Frequency: Two Per Year

Type & Press: A Quarterly Journal of the Letterpress Art
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Editor: Fred Williams
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ISSN: 1042-105X
Frequency: Quarterly

Typewriter
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TypoFile (E-Zine)
Description: This is not another stuffy magazine about “minding your p’s & q’s”. It’s about the love (and use) of type (and technology). TypoFile covers type techniques and technologies; offers samples of the newest typeface releases; and its WebFonts section has the very latest news about type technology for the web. TypoFile also features Esperfonto, the Web’s only interactive typeface selection system.
Editor: Daniel Will-Harris
Publisher: Will-Harris House
Frequency: Irregular

Typografische Monatsblätter/Revue Suisse de l'Imprimerie
Description: A journal for typographic composition, design, printing and production.
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Publisher: Printing & Paper Union of Switzerland
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Frequency: Bimonthly

Typographic
Description: STD’s member magazine
Publisher: Society of Typographic Designers
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Frequency: Quarterly

Typographica Magazine
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Editor: Herbert Spencer
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Frequency: Irregular from 1949-1959
Frequency: Semiannual from 1960-1967

typograpunx zine
Description: A Zine about typography graphic design and punk. Articles cover type, foundries, type/graphic designers and what not. Available in print & online versions.
Editor: Tracy Pickle
Publisher: Upstate Press
Frequency: Irregular

Typos
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Publisher: The London College of Printing
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Frequency: Three Per Year

U&lc;
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Editor: John D. Berry
Publisher: ITC (International Typeface Corporation)
ISSN: 0362-6245
Frequency: Quarterly

x height
Description: “Once a printed magazine, x-height is now FontHaus's on-line type magazine. x-height is where you will find useful and interesting information on and about type.”
Editor: Maryrose Wood
Publisher: Fonthaus
ISSN: 1062-6336
Frequency: Three Per Year

ZED
Description: An interdisciplinary publication that aims to bridge the gap betweeen designer, student, and educator, ZED is a vehicle for divergent viewpoints & new voices. Referencing the form of a "design journal" it is a collection of visual & verbal material that attempts to create a space for dialogue and debate that is accesible and of interest to these groups.
Editors: Katie Salen
Publisher: Center for Design Studies, Communication Arts & Design, Virginia Commonwealth University
ISBN: 1-885801-00-9 (Vol.1, The Politics of Design)
1-885801-01-7 (Vol.2, The Role of the Experimental)
1-885801-02-5 (Vol.3, Design + Morality)
Frequency: Annually


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