A quarterly journal of design, type, and the systems that hold them up. Restrained, considered, and printed in Zurich on uncoated stock when it matters. Four issues a year. Twelve essays per issue. No advertising.
Three pieces from the current issue. Read in any order.
"A grid is not a cage. It is a contract between the page and the reader — broken only when the reader is owed something better."
Every issue, every essay, indexed since 2024.
| № | Title | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 | Form follows function, still. | Editorial | Mar 2026 |
| 03 | What we got wrong about minimalism | M. Heller | Dec 2025 |
| 02 | A short defence of the footnote | Yuri Tanaka | Sep 2025 |
| 01 | Why we started Quartal | Editorial | Jun 2025 |