El siguiente examen fue escrito conjuntamente por Nicole Arce y Katherine Exss, profesoras responsables del primer taller de tipografía de la Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño PUCV, el año 2016. La materia Para comenzar este examen queremos hablar sobre por qué diseñar tipografías. Para esto, creemos que es pertinente clarificar que cuando decimos “tipógrafo” estamos … Continue reading Examen Taller de Tipografía 2016
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A little complement to the book of forms
So forms are essential for trade and government from a communicational but also organisational point of view. In the past, forms helped develop industry but, as a consequence of this, they contributed to enhance and enlarge (the abhorred) bureaucracy. Many examples of rather new forms can be seen in Schwesinger's book. In addition, in his chapter … Continue reading A little complement to the book of forms
About non-latin scripts
The typographic delight of this week was about the emergence of non-latin scripts. Why was it necessary to have non-latin fonts in the first place? Mainly because of the imperialism of the time (15..) and the need to understand the classical sources. Books started to combine latin and greek scripts as the picture below shows. … Continue reading About non-latin scripts
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