The Faces Behind Typefaces: deep-dive into pioneers’ of type design legacy

Readymag, the design tool for outstanding websites in collaboration with Type Directors Club presents “The Faces Behind Typefaces”, a selection of insightful conversations about typographers who have made extraordinary contributions to the creative field – Paula Scher, Paul Rand, Gerard Unger, Ed Benguiat, Rubén Fontana, Emigre and Adrian Frutiger.

Designed in a form of editorial, “The Faces Behind Typefaces” coincides with the 75th anniversary of the The Type Directors Club. Starting out with 20 members in New York, as of 2022 the TDC brings together a membership of over 800 type designers and typographers from 36 countries.

Readymag created a web space for meaningful dialogue between generations of typographers, connecting together prominent figures of the type design. “The Faces Behind Typefaces” was designed by Tatiana Egoshina from Readymag.

“The website is built entirely with Readymag—created with zero code—and is part of our ongoing strategy to showcase Readymag’s capabilities and latest features through our self-produced projects,” says Datii.

“In this project, we wanted to highlight the impact of typography heroes and pioneers through the eyes and words of up-and-coming type and design professionals,” Alya Datii continues. “The TDC bridges the gap between type culture past and present, and through our editorial and design expertise, we did our best to highlight and explain this connection. Our target audience is everyone who believes that exemplary creative work should be promoted and that knowledge should be shared—and appreciates a good story backed by a fun layout. Typographers and designers especially will find this project insightful.”

Readymag is the design tool for creating outstanding websites without code. Readymag aims to inspire, educate, and nurture its user community by creating multi-genre web projects exploring the backbones of design and capturing the spirit of the modern web era.