For the last ten years Christian Schwartz & Paul Barnes have being making typefaces together. With successful designs such as Guardian and the type foundry, Commercial Type, they have shown how despite 3500 miles between them and a five hour time difference how long distance relationships can work out. Paul Barnes will be explaining how it all happens, and some of Commercial Type’s latest projects.
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Paul Barnes
Paul Barnes is a graphic designer specializing in the fields of lettering, typography, type design and publication design. He is a partner with Christian Schwartz in the internationally acclaimed typefoundry, Commercial Type. In the early 1990s he worked for Roger Black in New York where he was involved in redesigns…