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To publish is to make public, to build a community through the exchange
of information. From underground periodicals and mass-market fashion magazines to books and electronic media, publishing uses type, pictures, and layout to shape ideas. The bulk of typographic history is cradled between the covers of the book, a compact and sturdy container for storing and shipping information. The magazine, a periodically issued "warehouse" of disparate texts, became a mass medium in the nineteenth century. Its mix of typography, illustration, and advertising upset the preeminence of the book as the canonical source of typographic standards. The book and magazine as static, paper-based objects have been challenged by the rise of electronic publishing.
© Copyright 1996 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
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