Ellen Lupton Quotes

Are some free fonts a gift to humanity rather than a blight on typographic civilization ?

To say a grid is limiting is to say that language is limiting, or typography is limiting. It is up to us to use these media critically or passively.

Design is art that people use.

Think more design less

Typography is what language looks like.

It is easier to talk than to listen. Pay attention to your clients, your users, your readers, and your friends. Your design will get better as you listen to other people.

Letters do love one another. However, due to their anatomical differences, some letters have a hard time achieving intimacy.

Working within the constraints of a problem is part of the fun and challenge of design.

Design is as much an act of spacing as an act of marking.

Graphic design is the spit and polish but not the shoe.

Urban public space is a stage for viewing the field of graphic design in its diversity. A mix of voices, from advertising to activism, compete for visibility.