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Paul Shaw is uniquely qualified to have written this account of the development since the mid-1960s of the New York City subway system signage.
He has a BA in American Studies from Reed College and both an MA and MPhil in American History from Columbia University. Trained as an historian, he has spent the past thirty years as a graphic designer specializing in letterforms. At the same time he has continued to research and write design history. He has received scholarships and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Smithsonian Institution, the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, the American Printing History Association, the Printing Historical Society, and the Book Club of California. In 2002 he was a Fellow at the American Academy in Rome.
