When you realise that ugly typography never effaces itself, you will be able to capture beauty as the wise men capture happiness by aiming at something else.
BEATRICE WARDE
BEATRICE WARDE
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Beatrice Warde7 quotes“When you realise that ugly typography never effaces itself, you will be able to capture beauty as the wise men capture happiness by aiming at something else.”
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