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February 2018

The Decline and Fall of Western Civilization in 33 Words

Look, I’ve written some pretty cool stuff in my time. But even if I live to be 100, I know I’ll + more

Monday Miscellany

“Contrary to popular opinion,” writes Ian Bogost in the Atlantic, “malls are great, and they always were.” Did you know + more

Four of Thirty

Okay, kids: Time for another lesson in old-school design techniques. Transfer type used to be a big deal. You would + more

Music for the Month of February

So we’re midway through Black History Month, which can be pretty intimidating for white folk like me in an era + more

Beg pardon?

I believe this is what the kids these days might call a “packaging fail.” Or maybe I’m the only one + more

Sweet, Sweet Justice

Did y’all hear? Oakhurst Dairy settled an overtime dispute that “hinged entirely on the lack of an Oxford comma in + more

Speaking Truth to Power

In an interview at Vulture, New York magazine’s culture and entertainment site, the legendary Quincy Jones has a lot to say—about Big Pharma, + more

Oh, boy…

“Every time I see a woman in public reading a book by a man (usually dead, usually white),” writes Danielle + more

Time Flies

In honor of helveticka’s thirtieth anniversary, we’ve uncovered a few items from our past and put them on exhibit in + more

Old-School Publishing

Twenty-four finalists (out of 450) have been selected in this year’s Book Illustration Competition run by The Folio Society and + more

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