Robert Bringhurst — Artist Review

Robert Bringhurst — Artist Review

Robert Bringhurst is an older artist at age 63 who specializes in typography. He’s written books including the popular; ‘The Elements of Typographic Style’ which is what attracted me to his work. He’s rather straight forward and simple in his works. Most of his work is practical more than artistic but you do see his artistic side in some of his works which are, again, simple but very legible. His ‘logo’ which consists of several letter ‘e’s randomly put within a circle to emphasize the importance of typographic style.

My text work is random and focused on readability more than anything. Robert’s is structured but still focused on readability which is what I’d like to learn. He knows how to use words, letters, word style effectively. You’ll see his work on covers of novels where the works are varying in size and creating a structure like shape in place of a cover image. These structures are surprisingly readable and this is due to his understanding of text. His life is the word in a way. He makes his living off his books and is also known for his poetry. Knowing this, I’d like to learn more from him, his books as I know that he is a limitless resource of knowledge on the subject and my word desperately needs direction.

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