Greer Allen: All I Know about Book Design I Learned on the Racetrack

Greer Allen was a designer, Senior Critic in Graphic Design at Yale School of Art, Yale University Printer, and (when he was young) a jockey. This short essay developed from one of his talks, points out the heretofore unrealized parallels between designing books and racing ponies. It’s a total treasure—just like Greer was.