Kelli Anderson: Alphabet in Motion: How Letters Get Their Shape
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With an interactive cover, 17 pop-ups, and hands-on activities throughout, Alphabet in Motion (Katherine Small Gallery) is an immersive introduction unlike any other to the history of typography and letter shapes. Join us in the R&D Store for an evening with the book’s creator, Kelli Anderson, moderated by MCLA Professor of Art Melanie Mowinski.
Type history is often technical and always visual. It is therefore challenging to fully explain in text or in diagrams alone. This paper engineering feat provides a sensory inroad for curious readers to grasp how typography has morphed through history (and how lettering can convey a point of view or philosophical stance). If you look carefully, you can see the history of the world — from the Bronze Age to the Information Age — in the microcosm of type.
Type history is often technical and always visual. It is therefore challenging to fully explain in text or in diagrams alone. This paper engineering feat provides a sensory inroad for curious readers to grasp how typography has morphed through history (and how lettering can convey a point of view or philosophical stance). If you look carefully, you can see the history of the world — from the Bronze Age to the Information Age — in the microcosm of type.
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