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3. research
• Back to the books: more litterature studies
Karl Gerstner in ‘Kompendium für Alphabeten’: Typogram
(“Der Terminus für visualisierte Begriffe: Typogramme”).
Aaron Burns in ‘Typography’: Typographic illustration.
David Consuegra in ‘American Type’: Typogram
Massin in ‘Letter and Image’: [lots of different examples]
Emil Ruder in ‘Typography’ : [examples]
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3. research
Roger Ferriter in ‘Typerformance’: Typographic performances
Per Mollerup in ‘Marks of Excellence’: Letter marks
Gavin Ambrose Paul Harris in
‘The Visual Dictionary of Typography’: Typogram
(“The deliberate use of typography to express an idea visually,
but by incorporating something more than just the letters that
constitute the word.”)
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7. heorizing
t
analysing 1:
The picture
superiority effect
Allan Paivio, T.B. Rogers, and Padric C. Smythe, Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Canada:
Why are pictures easier to recall than words?
“Pictures of objects were recalled significantly better
than their names on the first two of four free recall trials.”
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7. heorizing
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analysing 2:
Pretest by
Niels Heie et. al.:
A A A
Testpersons should UV UV UV
guess a word
influenced by
A LT A LT A LT
looking at a de
constructed word
with and without En passende illustration gør det
irrelevant and
relevant
lettere at omsætte bogstaver til ord
illustrations.
Og en upassende gør det sværere. Sådan kan man tyde det første eyetrack-for-
søg udført på Den Grafiske Højskoles nyetablerede Nilpeter-Lab
The content of the
illustrations Af Niels Heie
influenced
the inference I de allerfleste produkter der skal læses, der ikke så meget om, det har vi mest på
process. formidles budskabet som en kombination fornemmelsen.
af sproglige og ikke-sproglige elementer, På Den Grafiske Højskole har vi fået
tekster og illustrationer. mulighed for at sætte os bedre ind i proble-
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9. erspective
p
Possible further work:
• Database with tagged samples for easier analysis
• Kinetic and interactive typograms
• Commercial non commercial
• Samples from other parts of Europe and The World
• Semiotic analysis
• Historical studies of The New Yorker School
• Laboratory tests reg. perception, eyetracking etc.
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References
books
Ambrose, Gavin Harris, Paul (2010). The Visual Dictionary of Typography. Lausanne: AVA Books.
Baines, Phil Haslam, Andrew (2002). Type and Typography. London: Laurence King.
Bringhurst, Robert (1999). The Elements of Typographic Style. Washington: Hartley Marks.
Burns, Aaron (1961). Typography. New York: Reinhold Company.
Consuegra, David (2004). American Type Design Designers. New York: Allworth Press.
Ferriter, Roger (1983). Typerformance. Palo Alto: Communication Arts Books.
Gerstner, Karl (1985). Kompendium für Alphabeten. Eine Systematik der Schrift. Teufen: Arthur Niggli.
Jury, David (2002). About Face. Reviving the Rules of Typography. Mies: RotoVision.
Massin (1970). Letter and Image. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.
Mollerup, Per (1997). Marks of Excellence. London: Phaidon.
Rosch, Eleanor (1978). Principles of Categorization. In: Cognition and Categorization. P. 27-48. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Ass.
Ruder, Emil (1981). Typography. New York: Hastings House.
Snyder, Gertrude Peckolick, Alan (1985). Herb Lubalin. Art director, graphic designer and typographer. New York: American Showcase, Inc.
Spiekermann, Erik Ginger, E.M. (1993). Stop Stealing Sheep find out how type works. Mountain View: Adobe Press.
Willberg, Hans Peter (2001). Wegweiser Schrift. Erste Hilfe für den Umgang mit Schriften was passt – was wirkt – was stört.
Mainz: Verlag Hermann Schmidt.
web
www.aiga.org/content.cfm/medalist-herblubalin
http://electricink.posterous.com/what-is-a-typogram-0
http://blog.fonts.com/tag/ulc/
periodica
Spencer, Herbert (ed.) (1962). Typographica New Series No. 6. London: Lund Humphries.
articles
Heie, Niels (2010). One image can provide data for many claims. Copenhagen: Danish School of Media and Journalism.
(http://www.dmjx.dk/kontakt/medarbejdere.html - search Niels Heie)
Paivio, A., T.B. Rogers, Smythe, P.C. (1968). Why are pictures easier to recall than words? Psychonomic Science 1968; 11:137-138.
personal correspondance with type experts
Erik Spiekermann, Berlin, Germany. Paul Shaw, New York, USA. Jay Rutherford, Weimar, Germany.