Baseline (magazine)

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| editor = Hans Dieter Reichert

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| founded = 1979

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| company = Bradbourne Publishing

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| language = English

| website = {{URL|http://www.baselinemagazine.com}}

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Baseline magazine ({{ISSN|0954-9226}}) is a magazine devoted to typography, book arts and graphic design (distinct from the information technology magazine of the same name published by QuinStreet).

History

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Since Baseline 19, which appeared in 1995, Baseline has been published by Bradbourne Publishing, co-edited by Mike Daines and Hans Dieter Reichert and art-directed by HDR Visual Communication.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} It is characterized by its large format, sumptuous art and double cover.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} It has won several major international design awards in the USA, Europe and Japan.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} The magazine is featured in several academic publications (i.e. Philip Megg's History of Graphic design and Idea magazine).{{cite web |url=http://www.typevents.com/index.php?id=114,0,0,1,0,0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123005219/http://www.typevents.com/index.php?id=114,0,0,1,0,0 |url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-11-23 |title=baseline h i s t o r y |accessdate=2010-03-02 |date=2005–2006 |work=Typevents web site |publisher=Typevents LLC }}

Before issue 19, publishers, editors, magazine dimensions and quality varied as the magazine evolved from a small format booklet that first appeared in 1979.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} Early editors included Mike Daines (Baselines 1–3), Tony Bisley (Baseline 4), Geoffrey Lawrence (Baseline 5) and Erik Spiekermann (Baselines 6, 7). The first full-color Baseline appeared as issue 8.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} Baseline 10 expanded the dimensions of the magazine from 8¼ x 11¾ to 10½ x 14¼. Baseline assumed its current size of 9¾ x 13¾ with Baseline 14.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

The first four issues of Baseline were published by TSI (Typographic Systems International Ltd.).{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} Following TSI, issues 5–18 had been published by Letraset, a graphics product company, but as the magazine flourished Letraset faced difficult times.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} Mike Daines, Jenny Daines and Hans Dieter Reichert, Veronika Reichert formed Bradbourne Publishing Ltd. and bought the magazine from Letraset in 1994.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

See also

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