Parallel Strokes is a 244 page collection of interviews with twenty-plus contemporary typeface designers, graffiti writers, and lettering artists around the world. The book is introduced with a comprehensive essay charting the history of graffiti, its relation to type design, and how the two practices relate in the wider context of lettering. Printed in glorious Canada and published by Wordshape. Amazon: $ 40. Essential, still.
The magazine author and record label co-owner Jay Howell has very distinctive and funny style. Here are some works from three years ago together with an interview. Lots of boners. The up to date video below is from Thirty Days NY.