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Visible Language, Vol 09, 01, Winter 1975

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Content includes:
The Curious Role of Letter Names in Reading Instruction by Richard L. Venezky
Excerpt: Simplifying the ABC’s by Jay Doblin
The Photographic Restoration of Letterforms by Robert A. Hauser
Radial Design in Wallace Stevens by Terrance J. King
Comment: The Designer and Language by Alexander Nesbitt
Research in Brief: Shapes as Cues to Word Recognition by Patrick Groff
The Collages of William Dole

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 1975
  • Size: 154mm x 233mm

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Visible Language, Vol 09, 01, Winter 1975
Visible Language, Vol 09, 01, Winter 1975
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