Typographica

Herbert Spencer

Typographica was a design magazine conceived, edited and designed by Herbert Spencer. It was published by Lund Humphries between 1949 and 1967 in two series, labeled ‘old’ and ‘new’, with sixteen issues each. Spencer, who was 25 years old when he started the magazine, also wrote articles for it. Rick Poynor calls it ‘one of the most outstanding visual arts magazines of the post-war years.’

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    Herbert Spencer, UK (1966)

    Herbert Spencer was a typographic designer, author, educator, researcher, photographer, editor, consultant and painter. This very versatile man opened his own London studio in 1948. Books, catalogues, timetables, reports and...

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    Typographica was a design magazine conceived, edited and designed by Herbert Spencer. It was published by Lund Humphries between 1949 and 1967 in two series, labeled ‘old’ and ‘new’, with sixteen issues each. Spencer, who was 25 years old when he started the magazine, also wrote articles for it. Rick Poynor calls it ‘one of the most outstanding visual arts magazines of the post-war years.’

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    Herbert Spencer, UK (1966)

    Spencer was a typographic designer, author, educator, researcher and painter. This versatile man opened his own London studio in 1948. He was a lecturer at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London (1949–67), taught at the Royal College of Arts, where he became a professor of graphic arts (1978–85) and also a senior research fellow. The Post Office made him a consultant to their Stamp Design Committee (1968). He was the editor of Typographica magazine (1949–67) and Penrose Annual (1964–73). Herbert introduced modern European typography developments to the UK. Lund Humphries appointed him director of their publishing division in 1970. He designed for British Rail, the Imperial War Museum, WHSmith, the Tate Gallery, the Royal Institute of British Architects and Leeds University. Herbert wrote several important books, including his famous Pioneers of Modern Typography, The Visible Word and The Liberated Page. He was master of the faculty of Royal Designers for Industry (1979–81).

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    Pioneers of Modern Typography

    (1951)

    • Herbert Spencer

    Designers in Britain 4

    (1954)

    Allan Wingate

    Designed and edited (with The Society of Industrial Artists) by Herbert Spencer.

    The Visible Word

    (1969)

    Visual Communication Books

    The Book of Numbers

    (1977)

    • Herbert & Mafalda Spencer

    The Liberated Page

    (1987)

    Bedford Press

    Edited by Herbert Spencer