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TYPO SHOWCASE TYPO SHOWCASE
TYPO SHOWCASE TYPO SHOWCASE
DAVID QUAY
TYPOGRAPHIC 67
The latest issue of TypoGraphic (the journal of the International Society of Typographic
Designers) is entitled I Wonder and was edited and designed by Amsterdam resident and
ANTHONY SHERET
type aficionado David Quay. Like a finely matured Gouda, the issue proudly proclaims itself GRAFILL
as being 100 per cent Dutch and features contributions from Jan Middendorp (who looks at
Amsterdam bridge lettering), Chantal Hendriksen (who talks about the rather lovely identity Grafill is the Norwegian organisation for visual culture which represents designers, illustrators
she created with partner Marijke Cobbenhagen for the Hallen Gallery in Haarlem) and Quay and others working in the field of graphic communication. Every year it holds an event called
himself, talking about Total Design’s Ben Wissing and his Ahoy alphabet. The theme stems from Summerfest—a one-day get-together for creative types to have fun, talk about design, listen
Quay’s experience of moving to Holland and wondering how such a small country could hold to some music and generally let their hair down. For this year’s event Grafill commissioned
its own against Spain (in the Eighty Years’ War), inflict the biggest defeat ever on the English designer Anthony Sheret to create the Summerfest identity. Sheret created a colourful CMYK-
navy and in the seventeenth century become one of the world’s most powerful trading based typographic solution centred on a bespoke typeface. The typeface is bold and col-
nations, producing over eight million paintings during the so-called ‘Golden Century’. As you ourful, with geometric forms that are overprinted to reveal the letterforms. Sheret started by
can imagine, it’s a visual feast and is chock-full of examples of gorgeous Dutch typography, adhering to a strict grid as he drew the letterforms, then the individual shapes were created
but it also makes for an interesting read. TypoGraphic 67 is available from all good bookshops, and overprinted. The result is a typeface which manages to be playful but still structured, and
or you can buy it online at
www.istd.org.uk. fun without being formulaic—which perfectly captures the essence of the event itself.
www.istd.org.uk, www.davidquaydesign
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