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Paul Shaw is an American designer, calligrapher and historian of design who lives in
Helvetica and the New York City Subway System
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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 most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
. He has written a book on the history of the design of the New York City Subway 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 s ...
, 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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