Twentieth Anniversary Issue
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From Pasteup to Pixels But times and people, attitudes and The production process for Ififglc has evolved, mirroring changes in technology technologies change. So the answers are 16 My Darling Herb never the same. Well, almost never. Letters from UegIc readers: something from everybody When Herb Lubalin (U(/c's editor and 20 designer), Aaron Burns and Ed Rondthaler (ITC's President and chairman of the board, respec- Interpretations in typography tively) developed the first issue in 1973, the manifold rt Direction objectives were the following: Steven Heller's case stu this journal's design over the years to build an awareness of and enthusiasm and eagerness for ITC typefaces among What's ew om ITC users and specifiers of type and typography ITC Cerigo- is classic and elegant • to showcase expert typography 52 • to be fresh and visually energetic ITC Avant Garde Gothic® is now a multiple master typeface • to be friendly 54 • to be unique The Letter X Allan Haley discusses an ancient but hard to pronounce letter • to not be a typical trade journal • to be entertaining and informative 57 Tech Talk • to be highly readable but never dull 58 Easy to enumerate. Not so easy to do. ITC Center Perhaps the greatest challenge to UdIc's publish- The Type Directors Club annual exhibit ers, editors and designers over these past two 79 decades has been to know that when they feel they Obituary: Bob Farber have reached their editorial, design and market- 79 ing goals, it is time to change...to change the editorial U &lc Colophon voice, to change the graphic face.