U&lc Issue: 25.2.3

The nature of the type world keeps changing. And any online publication is, by definition, about change. U&lc Online began life as an online companion to U&lc, ITC’s award-winning magazine; from here on in, it will begin a new life, in a new format, as ITC’s online voice. Expect the unexpected. U&lc Online is ITC’s international journal of graphic design and digital media. U&lc Online needs no subscription; it’s part of the ITC web site, itcfonts.com. To read U&lc Online, just bookmark this page and check it out every month.

Multitypo98: ATypI in Lyon Eileen Gunn reports from the trenches of the 1998 conference of the Association Typographique Internationale, which put the focus on French type design and typography.

Look at the Underside First/Bruce Sterling: Brasilia and Petersburg Cyberpunk guru Bruce Sterling takes a look at some of the ticking bits of jerryrigged code and unexamined assumptions that underlie our gleaming technological future.

TypeCon 98 The first TypeCon was a small, intimate gathering of type designers and aficionados that generated lively talk and intense enthusiasm. John D. Berry reports.