THE PARAGRAPH53 Less is more

SIMPLICITY HAS AN UNDENIABLE APPEAL to a time-pressured and overworked reader. A type treatment that promises to be “quick and easy” is just what the doctor ordered. Type that has minimal detail, has highly legible letterforms, and is floating in a good-sized space feels like a breath of fresh air even before we choose to read it.

ProjectCutthroat: Native Trout of the West

Art DirectorCharlie Nix

DesignersCharlie Nix and Gary Robbins

ClientUniversity of California Press

The exquisitely rendered image is clearly the star of this jacket; the headline quietly allows the fish to take center stage. Even the choice of black for the text is restrained.

ProjectThe Happiness Makeover cover

Art DirectorMichael Windsor

Designer ...

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