This lecture was delivered at the 6th ICTVC, in Thessaloniki. It discusses structuring relevant literature for teaching, and supporting independent learning, in typeface design.
an established discipline with a burgeoning professional practice, varied educational systems, critical research, national and international conferences and competitions, trade magazines, and academic journals. Across many areas, visual communication is entering a period of sustained growth and expansion. This calls for strategic decisions for directions of development, setting priorities for action, and clarifying relationships with related areas of activity.
established discipline with a burgeoning professional practice, varied educational systems, critical research, national and international conferences and competitions, trade magazines, and academic journals. Across many areas, visual communication is entering a period of sustained growth and expansion. This calls for strategic decisions for directions of development, setting priorities for action, and clarifying relationships with related areas of activity.
and traditions of typography are inexcusable; however, adherence to traditional concepts without regard to contemporary context is intellectually lazy and a threat to typography today.” Jeffery Keedy The rules of typography according to crackpots experts Eye 9, 1993
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hand 2. typefaces engineered for proprietary reproduction 3. typefaces as platform-independent products 4. typefaces as formal relationships within systems