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The role of typeface categorization systems in the typographic education of the printer: a corrective legacy still with us today

The role of typeface categorization systems in the typographic education of the printer: a corrective legacy still with us today

DIXON, Catherine

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This paper traces the origins of current classificatory tools to the early typeface categorizations developed for use within the printing trade over a century ago. It identifies a set of corrective values underpinning these early categorizations passed on through the influence of the Vox system and a problem of bias. It locates in the scholarship of Nicolete Gray, an alternative perspective in constructing more representative overviews of typeform design.

This paper traces the origins of current classificatory tools to the early typeface categorizations developed for use within the printing trade over a century ago. It identifies a set of corrective values underpinning these early categorizations passed on through the influence of the Vox system and a problem of bias. It locates in the scholarship of Nicolete Gray, an alternative perspective in constructing more representative overviews of typeform design.

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DOI: 10.5151/design-icdhs-014

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DIXON, Catherine; "The role of typeface categorization systems in the typographic education of the printer: a corrective legacy still with us today", p-60-66. In: Farias, Priscila Lena; Calvera, Anna; Braga, Marcos da Costa & Schincariol, Zuleica (Eds.). Design frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies [=ICDHS 2012 - 8th Conference of the International Committee for Design History & Design Studies]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2012. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/design-icdhs-014

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