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- Book Title
- Giving Type Meaning
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1350255831
ISBN-13
9781350255838
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9061239581
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Publication Name
Giving Type Meaning : Context and Craft in Typography
Language
English
Subject
Communication Studies, Graphic Arts / Typography
Publication Year
2024
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Design, Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
22.3 Oz
Item Length
9.7 in
Item Width
7.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2024-443817
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
686.22
Table Of Content
Introduction: Chapter 1: Social Context 1.1 Context and meaning 1.a. Visual Inflection 1.b. Social Meaning & Typography 1.c. Visual Metaphors and Analogies 1.d. Cultural Context 1.e Power Structures 1.f Recontextualization Chapter 2: Spatial Context 2.1. Visual Space (section) 2.1a Kinetic and Expressive Type 2.1b. Sound, Shape, and Speech 2.2. Concrete and Visual Poetry 2.2a. Physical Space 2.2b. Material Meaning 2.2c. A Known Social Context 2.2d. History and Material Meanings 2.2e. Material Metaphors and Analogies 2.3 Architectural Materials 2.3a. Public Space 2.3b. Place-Based Meaning 2.4b. Public Type & Community Participations 2.5 Private Space 2.5a Challenging Private Space 2.6 Personal Space 2.6a Apparel and Affiliation 2.6b Proximity and Politics 2.7 Virtual Space 2.7a Digital Methods 2.7b Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, and Virtual Reality 2.8 Gestural Space 2.8a The Human Hand 2.8b Gesture in and of Letterforms 2.8c Gesture of Mark 2.8d Gesture and Expression 2.8e Corporeality and Performance Chapter 3: Temporal Context 3.1. Time and history 3.1a Temporal Influence: Technology and Society 3.1b Temporal Influence: Current Events 3.2 Typographic Trends 3.2a. Historical Type in Contemporary Use 3.2b. Revivals and References 3.2c. Temporal Recontextualisations 3.2d. History-Inspired Type 3.3 Voices in Design 3.3a Type and Identity 3.4 Time as Medium 3.5 Into the Future 3.6 Language, Form and Meaning 3.7 Speculative Typography 3.8 What's Next? Resources for Educators and Students Bibliography Index Acknowledgements
Synopsis
Considering the social, spatial, and temporal contexts of visual language, this text informs and inspires students, educators, and professionals looking to engage more deeply with the letterforms they use and see. Featuring diverse typographic works, "closer looks", and interviews with practicing artists and designers. Giving Type Meaning serves to inform how and why we understand what type communicates. The book includes: The importance and impact of cultural and social context across the expanded field of art and design, How to use visual, physical, and gestural space to inform meaning, The ways time impacts type, such as historical references, recontextualizations, and the use of time as medium, A range of global examples, including Lushootseed language letterforms (Lushootseed Sulad by Juliet Shen), Arabic calligrahy and type design (Regard Each Other as Brothers by Josh Berer, Mirsaal by Rana Abou Rjeily), American civil rights inspired type (Martin by Tré Seals), Italian concrete poetry (Storia Del Monumento by Mirella Bentivoglio), and animated Chinese characters (Motion Type Project by Ting-An Ho), When we encounter typography, how do we know what it means? How is the tone of type influenced by the way it is set, when it is made, and where it exists? Considering the social, spatial, and temporal contexts of visual language, this text informs and inspires students, educators, and professionals looking to engage more deeply with the letterforms they use and see. Featuring diverse typographic works, "closer looks", and interviews with practicing artists and designers, Giving Type Meaning serves to inform how and why we understand what type communicates. The book includes: - The importance and impact of cultural and social context across the expanded field of art and design - How to use visual, physical, and gestural space to inform meaning - The ways time impacts type, such as historical references, recontextualizations, and the use of time as medium - A range of global examples, including Lushootseed language letterforms (Lushootseed Sulad by Juliet Shen), Arabic calligraphy and type design (Regard Each Other as Brothers by Josh Berer, Mirsaal by Rana Abou Rjeily), American civil rights inspired type (Martin by Tré Seals), Italian concrete poetry (Storia Del Monumento by Mirella Bentivoglio), and animated Chinese characters (Motion Type Project by Ting-An Ho)
LC Classification Number
Z246
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