Last Words: Gravestones of Type Designers (Design Brief No. 8)

The end is something that comes for us all—even type designers. The final issue of our supposed-to-be-quarterly Design Brief looks at the gravestones of nine designers as documented by Gavin Morrison and Scott Myles. They’ve traveled the world making rubbings (more or less) of stones and we show the full pieces with details at 100% of the original. A brief introduction by Morrison provides a case study of Stanley Morison’s stone and addresses the difficulties involved with one’s final letters.

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