Paul Shaw is an American designer, calligrapher and historian of design who lives in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

. He has written a book on the history of the design of the

New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Opened on October 2 ...

system, ''Helvetica and the New York Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story'', on the work of

William Addison Dwiggins William Addison Dwiggins (June 19, 1880 – December 25, 1956), was an American type designer, calligrapher, and book designer. He attained prominence as an illustrator and commercial artist, and he brought to the designing of type and books so ...

, and for ''Print'' magazine. His book on the New York subway is known as one of the best modern design books. He received the annual SoTA Typography Award of 2019. Paul Shaw is Editor-in-Chief of Codex, Journal of Letterforms and The Eternal Letter Design. His work has won awards from the AIGA Directors Club and the Art Directors Club of New York.

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Helvetica and the New York City Subway System
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