14 Quotes by Jan Tschichold
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Standardization, instead of individualization. Cheap books, instead of private press editions. Active literature, instead of passive leather bindings.
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The aim of every typographic work – the delivery of a message in the shortest, most efficient manner.
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White space is to be regarded as an active element, not a passive background.
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Perfect typography is certainly the most elusive of all arts. Sculpture in stone alone comes near it in obstinacy.
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Asymmetry is the rhythmic expression of funtional design. In addition to being more logical, asymmetry has the advantage that its complete appearance is far more optically effective than symmetry.
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My errors were more fertile than I ever imagined.
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The works of ‘abstract’ art are subtle creations of order out of simple contrasting elements.
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The sanserif only seems to be the simpler script. It is a form that was violently reduced for little children. For adults it is more difficult to read than serifed roman type, whose serifs were never meant to be ornamental.
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We cannot alter the essential shape of a single letter without at the same time destroying the familiar printed face of our language, and thereby rendering it useless.
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