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Essays, Interviews, & Reflections on Identity and Typography


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Table of Contents

  1. Foreword
    Polymode
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  2. Big Neutrals
    Elizabeth Goodspeed
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  3. Her Shawl Is Yellow
    Sadie Red Wing
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  4. An Original, an Homage
    Chris Skillern
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  5. An Existential Krossing
    David Jon Walker
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  6. Kinships
    Diana Guerrero-Maciá
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  7. Real Talk
    nicole killian, Be Oakley, and Mindy Seu
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  8. Letra
    Kruttika Susarla
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  9. Open Dialogue
    WORK/PLAY
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  10. Nét Sống, Nét Chữ
    Duy Nguyễn
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  11. On Legibility
    Kyle Letendre
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  12. It’s All Material
    nicole killian
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  13. How Sahara Touched My Heart
    Saki Mafundikwa
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  14. Matarajio
    Ziddi Msangi
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  15. A Note on the Type
    XYZ Type
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Published by XYZ Type, 2026

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