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Language Culture Type

International Type Design in the Age of Unicode

John D. Berry

"Language Culture Type" showcases winning entries from the first international type-design competition, promoting cultural pluralism through diverse typographic communications. The book features essays contextualizing the interplay of types and languages, including the attempt to create a universal digital encoding system. Delve into specific issues faced in developing typefaces for different linguistic cultures, such as Cyrillic letterforms and Vietnam's ancient ideographic script. Learn about each typeface and its designer in this must-read for typography enthusiasts.
Publish Date
2002-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
2002-11-11T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.23
ISBN
9781932026016
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