THE PAGE99 Floating in space

THINK OF THE TYPOGRAPHY as a person, who needs a certain amount of personal space to feel “comfortable.” How much space should be left so that there is a feeling of enough separation? This may depend as much on the circumstances as on the type of person (or content).

ProjectFacing Fascism: New York and the Spanish Civil War

CompanyPure+Applied

ClientMuseum of the City of New York

This handsome page of body copy with its massive initial cap, with the image on the opposite page of the spread, feels balanced on the page.

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ProjectFeature spread

CompanyFB Design

Creative DirectorFlorian Bachleda

PhotographerIan Spanier

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