# Jan Tschichold (@jan-tschichold)

Jan Tschichold was a typographer and book designer. Jan Tschichold codified New Typography before later developing a more classical approach to book design at Penguin.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Jan Tschichold's public record._

## Topics

- [Legacy and Context](/@jan-tschichold/legacy-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Major Work](/@jan-tschichold/major-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Practice and Method](/@jan-tschichold/practice-and-method.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.penguin.co.uk/company/publishers/penguin-press/jan-tschichold
- blog: https://www.moma.org/artists/5957
- blog: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jan-Tschichold

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "jan-tschichold", "question": "…"}`.