In Slanted #9 “Stencil. Type.” we look into stencil fonts and their modern applications to produce evidence that this type features special and often misjudjed aesthetics…

Slanted presents the innovative work of Gavillet & Rust and their fontlabel Optimo (Geneva), the large format paintings of Christopher Wool (New York), an impressive photo series of Francois Fleruy (Paris) and many more. The sections “Fontlabels, Fonts & Families”, “Fontnames Illustrated” and “Typolyrics” introduce contemporary fonts and designers from all over the world, followed by interviews with John Boardley, Kouga Hirano and Chip Kidd and an interesting type essay by Hannes von Döhren. Furthermore Slanted Magazine introduces numerous stencil-works of professionals and students (Hauser, Schwarz, Mind Design, Ko Sliggers, Autobahn, etc.). The chapter introduction pages are decorated with Hubert Jocham’s headline-font “NeoParts S9”, exclusively created for this issue. Our readers can get this brand new typeface for free. As the previous issue #8, the cover is wrapped with a poster – the third one of a series of four. By end of the series, the aligned posters will create a sentence. “PORN” was the first word, followed then by “4” – “TYPE” is now the third part of the puzzle.

Facts & Figures
Mission Statement: The main focus of Slanted is typography found within design, illustration and photography, but a variety of other topics - related both directly and indirectly to the field - are also addressed. The magazine contains expertise analyses and reports, as well as information on typographic experimentation, portraits and interviews with today’s superstars and underground players on the international scene of typography and design. All of this is presented alongside spectacular, first-class graphics and thought-provoking photography.
Founded: Slanted started with a Weblog in 2004. The first magazine issue was published 2005. Slanted is the first German magazine devoted to typography. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, and has been designed to complement the highly- frequented internet blog at www.slanted.de.
Editors / Designers: MAGMA Brand Design: Lars Harmsen, Uli Weiß (Chief editor), Flo Gaertner (Art Direction), Julia Rausch (CvD), Boris Kahl, Tanja Rastätter (editors)
Periodicity: Quarterly
Language: English/German
Format: 210 x 270 mm, 4C/BW, 164 pages
Circulation: 10 000
Price: SONDERANGEBOT / SPECIAL OFFER 6 €
Web: slanted.de
Contact: magazine (at) slanted.de

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