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Shoplifters issue 10, “New Type Design Vol. 2”

Contributed by Robert Huber on Apr 27th, 2023. Artwork published in
January 2022
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The tenth issue of Shoplifters is titled “New Type Design Vol. 2”. Designed and published by Actual Source, it showcases 156 typefaces by 114 designers. The main typefaces used for the book design are LL Prisma Text by Robert Huber and Tschichold Rund Mono by Ben Fehrman-Lee. The latter was specifically designed for this issue.

Among the special features are an interview by Jack Halten Fahnestock with designer and stone carver Nick Benson of the John Steven Shop, an article by Perrin Drumm about modular typeface cubes for the Bibliotèque du Luxembourg with Sascha Lobe, Elias Hanzer’s Edition typeface interpreted by Actual Source, and an interview by Wayne Daly with
Jan Novák, Malte Bentzen, Ondřej Báchor, and Sascha Bente of AllCaps.

The hardcover publication has 832 pages and measures 6.5″×9.325″. It was printed in black and brown and comes with a yellow ribbon book marker. ISBN: 978–1–7335830–7–7.

See also the post about issue 8 from 2019, with the first volume of “New Type Design”.

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  • LL Prisma Text
  • Tschichold Rund Mono

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