Visible Language (The Journal of Typographic Research), Vol 01, 01, January 1967

Information

Content includes:
Effects of Three Typographical Variables on Speed Reading, Richard H. Wiggins
The Diacritical Marking System and Comparison with the Initial Teaching Alphabet, Edward Fry
Printing for the Visually Handicapped, J. H. Prince
Line Scan Standards for Characters and Symbols, C. F. Duncan
Practical Optical Character Recognition, M. Nadler
Typographical Effects by CRT Typesetting Systems, F. C. Holland
Readability as a Function of the Straightness of Right-hand Margins, R. Fabrizio, I. R. Kaplan and G. Teal G.
Secondary Uses of Letters in Language, Yakov Malkiel

Details

Linked Information

Visible Language (The Journal of Typographic Research, Vol 01, 01, January 1967
Visible Language (The Journal of Typographic Research, Vol 01, 01, January 1967
More graphic design artefacts
From the design archive:
From the design archive:
From the design archive:
From the design archive:
More graphic design history articles

Members Content

Karl Oskar Blase was born in 1925 in Cologne, Germany. He was a prolific painter, designer, sculptor and exhibition curator. His work included magazine covers, for publications such as Form and Gebrauchsgraphik, stamp designs for the German Postal Service and film posters for companies such as Atlas Films.

Members Content

Many influential British designers have made their names in the history books. Abram Games, Alan Fletcher, Tom Eckersley and Derek Birdsall, to name a few. But one designer that has always influenced me, not only as inspiration from their design output, but as an example of the role of a designer and the importance of having strong ethics, is Ken Garland. He is known for his innovative and socially responsible approach to graphic design and his involvement in the design community through his teaching, writing and activism. In the second instalment of this series, I will discuss Ken Garland's magazine work from my collection.

Members Content

They were many other designs who played an important role in IBM's graphic identity and implementation. Some of the other designers included Arthur Boden, Clarence Lee, Charles Keddie and Mary Beresford.
Both educators have a keen interest in multiscriptual design, Arabic type design, and graphic design and recently released A History of Arab Graphic Design. I contacted Bahia and Haythem to find out more.