Grunge typography is an often overlooked blip in the timeline of visual communication, yet it’s one of the most important categories of type. The Awl dives in to the ‘80s and ‘90s typography ...

In the 1930s, people tutted over Futura and predicted fleeting fame; today we may be outraged by the grunge fonts Blackshirt and Aftershock Debris, but in a decade they may be everywhere ...

One work that caught the judges’ attention is Symbiosis, a font printed in bacteria. Van Abbema created the font by stamping bacteria into paper, and then placing the paper in a jury-rigged ...