ARTICLE SUMMERY: In this article Emily Gosling discusses Molecular Typography and it’s history from the view point of the type academics of the day, Aaron Edwards and Charles Harrington.

WHAT IS MOLECULAR TYPOGRAPHY” is a great look at the beginning of Molecular Typography theory from the beginning until today covering

  • The Core Concept
  • Why it fell out of favor
  • Possible comeback

While this has been an on and off discussion since the mid 1950s its interesting to see how the computer age has affected the discussions on topics from the past like this.

It is an interesting concept and an interesting article to read.

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