1st Edition
Typography & Language in Everyday Life Prescriptions and Practices
By Sue Walker
Copyright 2001
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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Typography and Language in Everyday Life provides a detailed look at graphic as well as linguistic aspects of language and suggests there is much to be gained from collaboration between typographers and applied linguists. The first part of the book provides an introduction to aspects of typographic theory and history and suggests some areas of applied linguistics that offer approaches to... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Describing typographic articulation 3. Prescription, authority, formality and status 4. Prescription and practice for non-experts 5. Prescription in house style and typing manuals 6. Letter writing 7. Ways forward for typographers and applied linguists ReferencesIndex
Biography
Sue Walker is head of the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading, and has published widely in this area, most notably on typography for children.
