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We welcomed Ellen Lupton for another talk. She last spoke with the Chicago Graphic Design Club in 2021. This year, she spoke with us about typography and her upcoming book. Thinking with Type, Third Edition.

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Does autospacing make your tummy hurt? Does Papyrus make your eyes roll? Once exposed to the art of typography, countless individuals never recover. Yet many people learn to live with type and lead productive, possibly happy lives. Meet Type Mom (Ellen’s beloved alter ego), and learn about Thinking with Type, Third Edition (Ellen’s latest book). This all-new volume includes inclusive design lessons, gorgeous illustrations from the Letterform Archive, and visual essays about diverse writing systems created by expert typographers from around the globe. Find out what Ellen learned while updating her classic guide.