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Quote by Robert Bringhurst
In a badly designed book, the letters mill and stand like starving

In a badly designed book, the letters mill and stand like starving horses in a field. – Robert Bringhurst

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Typography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form. – Robert Bringhurst

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When typography is on point, words become images. – Shawn Lukas

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