Father of modern newspaper design: RIP

Edmund C. Arnold, known to many as "the Father of Modern Newspaper Design," died last week. The designer, journalist and educator was born in 1913. "If you look at a newspaper today, you are looking at his work," says an anonymous BB contributor. Designers talk about his legacy here: Link.

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