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Visible Language, Vol 08, 03, Summer 1974

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Contents
Concrete Poetry: A study in Metaphor
THe Renaissance of books
Word Recognition Latencies as a Function of Form Class
Lettering and Society
A Proposition for Education in Letterforms and Handwriting by Wim Crouwel
Research in Brief: Printed Intonation Cues and Reading in Children
Research in Brief: Orientation to the Spatial Characteristics of the open book
Abstract Article in German and French

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Wolfgang Weingart
  • Year: 1974
  • Client/Publisher: MIT press
  • Size: 154mm x 233mm

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Visible Language, Vol 08, 03, Summer 1974. Designed by Wolfgang Weingart
Visible Language, Vol 08, 03, Summer 1974. Designed by Wolfgang Weingart
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