Strikethrough charts a typographic chant of resistance across more than a century of protest graphics—from nineteenth-century antislavery broadsides to the colorful posters of the Paris 1968 uprising
All are remarkably inventive
On this particular day
So we asked Faride Mereb to dig deeper and introduce us (and you) to the work of this Argentinian designer who worked in Venezuela and is worthy of more attention
During the typographically heroic years between World Wars I and II
Living in Letters: Ten Alphabet Palaces famousintypography Strikethrough charts a typographic chantIf we understand the situation correctly, The Merrion Press in London issued a series of fold outs mounted into folders. They called them friezes. The letters in this frieze are taken from Architectural Alphabet 1773 edited by Berthold Wolpe. This 10 panel frieze shows ten letters (A, B, C, S, P, Q, R, X, Y, and Z) from an alphabet made of architectural plans developed by Johann Steingruber (17021787). A flight of fancy for those who fancy flights of