Sociotype Journal

Sociotype Journal is a new platform for thoughts on culture and society that also happens to be a type specimen. Issue #1 is typeset in our very own serif superfamily, Gestura. Appropriately enough, their theme is "The Gesture".

When words fail, our hands do the talking. Join SOCIOTYPE as the team investigates raised fists, flicked Vs and power grips, VR mitts and cable knits with NASA, secret signs of the Illuminati, street gangs and flight attendants, sign language poetry, greasy fingers, straphangers, and discover the meaning of the word "thist".

Sociotype Journal's Issue #1 features ten essays, seven image-led articles, and a twenty-eight-page technical type specimen. Ten percent of the profits from this issue will go to The Black Curriculum, a social enterprise dedicated to addressing the lack of Black British history in the UK Curriculum.

Additional credits Typeface: Joe Leadbeater, Diana Ovezea, Nigel Bates Design: Alicia Mundy Technical Specimen: Joe Leadbeater Creative Direction: Nic Carter & Nigel Bates Editora: Nic Carter & Henrietta Thompson Photography: Brendan Smith Illustration: Hattie Staniforth Writers: Emily Watkins, Sammy Gale, Siham Ali Cover Image: Hannah La Follette Ryan