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Visible Language, Vol 10, 01, Winter 1976

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Content includes:
The Argument for a Semiotic Approach to Shape Writing: The Case of Italian Futurist Typography by John J. White
A Manifesto for Visible Language by Merald E. Wrolstad
Nomenclature of the Letterforms of Roman Type by Phillip Gaskell

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 1976
  • Size: 154mm x 233mm

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Visible Language, Vol 10, 01, Winter 1976
Visible Language, Vol 10, 01, Winter 1976
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