What is Communication Arts?
{{Infobox Magazine | title = Communication Arts | staff_writer = | frequency = Bi-monthly | format = [[Magazine]]<br/>[[Website]] | company = Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. | publisher = Patrick Coyne | founder = Richard Coyne<br/>Robert Blanchard | founded = [[1959]] | firstdate = August 1959 | country = [[United States of America]] | based = [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]], [[California]] | language = [[English language|English]] | website = [http://www.commarts.com www.commarts.com] | issn = 0010-3519 |logo=Communication Arts logo.svg|image_file=|image_caption=The cover of Communication Arts Typography Annual 13}} '''''Communication Arts''''' ([[acronym]]: '''CA''') is the largest [[international]] [[magazine]] for [[visual communication]].{{Fact|date=September 2023}} It is based in [[Palo Alto, California]]. The magazine was founded in 1959 by Richard Coyne and Robert Blanchard. It covers many topics. These include [[graphic design]], [[advertising]], [[photography]], [[illustration]], [[typography]] and [[interactive media]]. Patrick Coyne, the [[son]] of Richard Coyne, is the [[editor]] and [[Publishing|publisher]] of the magazine. As of September 2023, ''Communication Arts'' publishes six [[Isques|issues]] each year. It also organizes six [[Competition|competitions]] in graphic design, advertising, photography, illustration, typography,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fragkogiannis|first=Filippos|date=2023|title=Communication Arts 2023 Award of Excellence (Typography)|url=https://filipposfragkogiannis.com/news/award/communication-arts-2023-award-of-excellence-typography/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005235145/https://filipposfragkogiannis.com/news/award/communication-arts-2023-award-of-excellence-typography/|archive-date=5 October 2023|access-date=25 October 2023|website=Filippos Fragkogiannis}}</ref> and interactive media. The magazine also manages two [[Website|websites]], commarts.com and creativehotlist.com. == History == The magazine began in [[1959]]. Its first issue, the ''Jour