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The Kind Revolution: Typography as Resistance explores kindness as an active choice and a form of resistance in a world shaped by conflict, polarisation and arrogance. A selection of 600 typographic posters, submitted in response to the fifth edition of the international Fight for Kindness call and representing 83 countries and 43 languages, celebrates the power of kindness. Through typography and design, participants turn reflections on empathy, inclusion, respect and responsibility into visual statements that challenge the status quo and inspire positive change.
The collection features internationally renowned designers and emerging talents, including guest contributors Alan Kitching, Stephen Price of Stash, Stuart Watson of Nomad Studio, Stefano Cipolla with Emiliano Ponzi, An Chen, Armando Milani, Rik Oostenbroek, Emmi Salomen, Marina Willer and Cam Evans of Pentagram London, Silvana Amato, Dan Matutina, Kinda Ghannoum, Ibrahim Zaki and Hala Al Afsaa. The book also includes interviews with the guest contributors and a foreword by James Victore.
Launched in 2022, Fight for Kindness has grown into a global cultural initiative connecting creative communities through design. To mark and promote World Kindness Day, its fifth edition opens a global exhibition season across Europe, Asia and the Americas. A typographic lookbook completes the publication, exploring how typography can speak beyond words, make ideas visible and turn visual communication into a force for change.
The project is promoted by Zetafonts Foundry, an independent, award-winning type foundry founded in Florence in 2001 by Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini, Francesco Canovaro and Debora Manetti. The foundry is internationally recognised for its ability to combine tradition and innovation, and collaborates with global brands such as Google, Apple, the European Commission, Disney, Fox Sports, Rai and Warner Bros.
The initiative is managed by TypeCampus, the cultural department of Zetafonts, which for over twenty-five years has promoted typographic creativity through academic programmes, classes, workshops, mentorship and support activities for agencies and designers. With The Kind Revolution, TypeCampus and Zetafonts reaffirm the value of design as a tool for global connection and dialogue: an invitation to discover how typography can become a visual voice capable of inspiring kindness, empathy and positive transformation.
A project by
Typecampus & Zetafonts: Debora Manetti, Shrishti Vajpai,
with Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini and Francesco Canovaro
Book Design
Shrishti Vajpai, with contributions by Sofia Bandini
Foreword by
James Victore
Contributions by
Alan Kitching, Stephen Price of Stash, Stuart Watson of Nomad Studio, Stefano Cipolla with Emiliano Ponzi, An Chen, Armando Milani, Rik Oostenbroek, Emmi Salomen, Marina Willer and Cam Evans of Pentagram London, Silvana Amato, Dan Matutina, Kinda Ghannoum, Ibrahim Zaki and Hala Al Afsaa.
17 x 23 cm
448 pages
Trade Paperback with Flaps
English
ISBN 9788898030972
First edition February 2027
