Typografi finns överallt. Det är en del av grafisk formgivning som är ramverket som vi på olika plattformar i media och i stadsbilden blir tilltalade och därigenom förstår omvärlden. Typografi påverkar i stor utsträckning hur vi tolkar ett innehåll och hur vi värderar allt från människor till åsikter. I mitt examensarbete "Typografisk makt" undersöker jag relationen mellan samhällets värderingar och typografi. Varför tar vi vissa typsnitt på allvar och andra ses som oseriösa? Jag har skrivit en essä och presenterar texten i två publikationer där jag med formgivningen vill kommentera olika sätt att förhålla sig till idéer om hur typografi bör fungera och se ut. I essän tar jag upp historiska aspekter som påverkat hur typografi värderas. Jag försöker även bena ut vilken roll egenskaper kopplade till kön har för roll i hur typografi värderas. / Typography is everywhere. It speaks to us and makes us understand the world. Why do we regard some typefaces as serious/professional and some as less serious? My project is an investigation of the relation between the values of society and typography.

Space is a visual communicator. The act of perceiving space is a neurological soiree that projects and negotiates meaning in our constructed world. The poetry that we observe within space is tied directly to our emotions and to previous experience. Within ourselves, we each have particular feelings, unconscious or not, relating to height, length, and depth, as well as light and shadow. For example, a long, narrow hallway may elicit anxiety, while an open, sunlit nave in a cathedral may bring about feelings of serenity and joy. Our observations and interactions within the perceptual confines of space reveal clues to construction, movement, and play. Additionally, this participation unveils our awareness of space, and thus, reveals that our relationship with space exists in our acknowledgement of it—in our permitting of perception through conscious participation. To explore these ideas further, I will utilize typography to create immersive, sensory experiences that challenge interpretation through the application of human thought, or sensations, to non-living things and material states. This method will assist the observers to rationalize and create meaning within their own world through simplifying an experience in relation to self. Here, spatial language—like light, shadow, dimension, and proximity—will be exposed as a universal and innate part of our perception.

This thesis is a profoundly personal one. It examines the role of context in creation (authorship) and perception (reading an image) of representation. Born in Sri Lanka during the emergence of one the world's longest lasting civil wars, I never recognized my love and concern for the Island and its ancient history and culture until I traveled to America to pursue a higher education. Ever since, I have constantly found myself in situations where I am regarded as the 'other' or the 'outsider' ; I seem to not fit in completely in this country as well as in my own. In the US I am considered 'eastern' or 'exotic', whereas in my own country, I am considered 'westernized', no longer looked at as a typical Sri Lankan woman. This thesis examines and explores marginalization, orientalism, deconstruction theories, semiotic studies, dialect as well as attire, in the specific context of Graphic Design. / by Fathima Asma Nazim. / Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T18:18:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Priscila Monteiro Borges.pdf: 6772362 bytes, checksum: 3a8d5ef35b81d5f7015f326ffcbe4d8a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-25 / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo / When the verbal language becomes an actual written text, it acquires particular qualities from the visual language system. Therefore, it becomes necessary to investigate the representative power of a visual form in a verbal written text. The verbal written system visuality combine two writing functions: the communicative function and the visual poetics. The first characterizes the verbal system, and it is also present on the oral verbal language. The second is a particular quality from written systems expressed on calligraphy and typography. In order to investigate the representative function of the visual aspects on the verbal written text, we selected some typefaces that modify the letter shape, making it difficult to read. These typefaces emphasize the text visuality and create its own way to communicate visually; written with them, the verbal text starts to communicate visually as well. The visual form communicability of these typefaces is revealed by semiotic analysis of them, considering both the form of each character and the texts written with them. To analyze the sign communicative process, we adopted Peirce s semiotic. This theory was developed as a philosophical discipline composed of a classification model that logically indicates all the possible semioses. Having a general logical structure, Peirce s semiotic can be applied to any sign. Its classification model is grounded on continuity and relation of categories, which express the enchainment of different sign aspects. Although Peirce s semiotic has these qualities, many semiotic applications use the sign classes as they were a tight classification to which the sign might fit, turning it into a formalist theory. To avoid this problem we created our own method of analysis, which is based on a visual model, also proposed by us, that emphasizes the continuity and the dynamics of the sign process. This method is based on the 66 classes of sign, which is not well known and which is poorly explored, because it was only suggested by Peirce. This classification reveals a complex set of related classes that must be carefully analyzed. The 66 classes show an extensive gradation between classes, consequently emphasizing the continuity of the sign process. For these reasons, we were convinced that this system had an analytical power that could be explored. Despite the difficult problems and controversial topics, we decided to create a method of analysis with it and to dedicate a large amount of time working on this theory. Consequently, this research has two branches: one dedicated to the theoretic studies and to the development of the analytical method; the other, devoted to the application of the method, aiming to reveal the representative power of the visual forms on verbal written texts / Quando a linguagem verbal materializa-se em formas de escrita, ela adquire características particulares do sistema de linguagem visual. Torna-se, então, necessário investigar o poder significativo das formas visuais em textos verbais. A visualidade do sistema de escrita verbal agrega duas funções da escrita: a comunicativa e a poética visual. A função comunicativa caracteriza o sistema verbal, estando também presente na linguagem verbal oral. Já a função poética visual é particular aos sistemas escrita, sendo expressa pela caligrafia manual e pela tipografia. Com o objetivo de investigar a função representativa dos aspectos visuais da escrita verbal, selecionamos fontes tipográficas que transformam a forma das letras, dificultando a leitura. Essas fontes destacam a visualidade da escrita e desenvolvem uma forma de comunicação visual própria. Com elas, o texto escrito verbal passa a comunicar visualmente. Mostraremos a comunicabilidade dessas formas visuais por meio de análises semióticas das fontes tipográficas e dos textos escritos com elas. Para analisar o processo comunicativo desses signos, adotamos a semiótica peirceana, pois essa teoria foi desenvolvida como uma disciplina filosófica composta de um padrão de classificação que indica logicamente todas as semioses possíveis. Sua estrutura lógica geral pode ser aplicada a qualquer tipo de signo, seu padrão de classificação fundamentado na continuidade e relação das categorias explicita o intrincamento de diferentes aspectos do signo. Apesar dessas características, muitas aplicações da semiótica peirceana utilizam as classes de signos como categorias estanques às quais os signos devem encaixar-se, tornando-a formalista. Para evitar esse problema, desenvolvemos um método próprio de análise, baseado em um modelo visual proposto por nós, que ressalta a continuidade e a dinâmica do processo sígnico. Esse método utiliza as 66 classes de signos, uma classi- ficação pouco conhecida e explorada, pois foi apenas sugerida por Peirce. Essa classificação revela um complexo conjunto de padrões relacionados que precisam ser cautelosamente analisados. As 66 classes mostram extensa gradação entre as classes, consequentemente enfatizam a continuidade do processo sígnico. Por esses motivos, apesar das dificuldades apresentadas por um sistema pouco trabalhado e controverso, apostamos no potencial analítico dele e dedicamos longo período ao seu desenvolvimento teórico para, então, criar um método de análise. Consequentemente, essa pesquisa segue duas linhas. Uma teórico-formal, dedicada ao aprofundamento teórico e ao desenvolvimento de um método de análise, e uma linha empírico-teórica, empenhada na aplicação desse método com o objetivo de revelar o poder de significação da linguagem visual em formas de escrita verbal

Denna uppsats undersöker ett typsnitt för romerska bokstäver avsett att associeras till ”Kina” som en exotisk och lockande miljö, utifrån svensk visuell kulturhistoria. Typsnittet undersöks genom analyser av svenska filmaffischer av Eric Rohman (1891-1949) ur Charlie Chan-serien mellan 1934-1940, med fokus på filmaffischen Charlie Chan i Kina (1935). Genom bildanalyser och diskussioner utifrån de teoretiska ingångarna postkoloniala studier, kritiska vithetsstudier och visuella kulturstudier kommer undersökningen fram till att typsnittet, genom att efterhärma kinesisk kalligrafi, associerar filmaffischens text och då affischen i sin helhet till ”Kina” som en exotisk, traditionell och främmande miljö. Jag har även undersökt hur ”Kina” och ”kinesen” har konstruerats i svensk visuell kulturhistoria, och hur typsnitt som det i filmaffischen Charlie Chan i Kina kan förstås utifrån den. En slutsats är att typsnittet agerar ut en lagom ”kinesiskhet”, på så sätt att det är ”kinesiskt” och associerar till ett föreställt ”Kina”, samtidigt som det fortfarande är tillgängligt och läsbart för en vit svensk publik. / This essay examines a typeface used for Roman letters meant to connote ”China” as an exotic and foreign place, within Swedish visual culture history. I examine this typeface using Swedish film posters by Eric Rohman (1891-1949) from the Charlie Chan-series from the years 1934-1940, focusing on the poster Charlie Chan i Kina (1935). The purpose is to examine constructions of ”the Chinese” and ”China” in these posters, and how this specific typeface has been used in these depictions as well as been constructed in relation to these ideas. Through a semiotic model for image analysis and the appliance of postcolonial studies, critical race theory and visual culture studies, I arrive at several conclusions. By imitating Chinese calligraphic visual elements, the typeface in Charlie Chan i Kina has the ability to connote ”China” as an exotic, traditional and foreign place, for a white Swedish audience. The analysis discusses the semiotic functions of the typeface in relation to contexts of the film poster, Swedish visual culture history and discourses concerning race in Sweden.

This thesis has explored how to create a board game rulebook, for the board game Curators, in order to facilitate learning the rules as well as reminding players of the rules. This was done via research through design. The design of a rulebook incorporates many parts of design theory, from layout and typography to the use of color, gestalt principles, and images. All these were combined with knowledge about how existing rulebooks convey rules and the way board gamers use rulebooks, gained through the pre-study, in order to create a rulebook for the coming board game Curators. The analysis of this study shows that the resulting rulebook was successful in both teaching the game and helping players look up rules, though improvements could still be made to make it better. It was concluded that the use of many iterations of designing and testing is ideal for creating a rulebook with as few issues as possible.

This thesis reviews the circumstances that led to what Paul Renner called “the inflation of historicism,” places his response to that problem in the context of the Weimar Republic, details how the German attributes with which he began the project were displaced from the typeface that emerged in 1927, demonstrates that Futura belongs to a new category of serif-less roman fonts rooted in Arts and Crafts lettering, and considers why the specifically German aspects of the project have gone unrecognized for over seventy years. Renner’s writing is compared to ideas prevalent in early twentieth-century German cultural discourse, and Futura’s design process is placed in the context of Renner’s personal experience of Weimar’s social and economic crises. Objective measurements are employed to establish the relationship between drawings attributed to Renner and are used to compare features of Futura with other fonts of the period.

This thesis reviews the circumstances that led to what Paul Renner called “the inflation of historicism,” places his response to that problem in the context of the Weimar Republic, details how the German attributes with which he began the project were displaced from the typeface that emerged in 1927, demonstrates that Futura belongs to a new category of serif-less roman fonts rooted in Arts and Crafts lettering, and considers why the specifically German aspects of the project have gone unrecognized for over seventy years. Renner’s writing is compared to ideas prevalent in early twentieth-century German cultural discourse, and Futura’s design process is placed in the context of Renner’s personal experience of Weimar’s social and economic crises. Objective measurements are employed to establish the relationship between drawings attributed to Renner and are used to compare features of Futura with other fonts of the period.

Idag använder allt fler människor sina smartphones för att surfa och använda tjänster online. Detta innebär att en stor del text läses på små skärmar. Detta arbete handlar om hur text bäst utformas och struktureras för att enklast kunna läsas och uppfattas på en mobilskärm. Faktorer som berörs är typgrad, ljusrum, textlängd, teckensnittsklass, radlängd, bild i text och kontrastverkan. Arbetet utgår från en normativ, svensk person utan funktionsnedsättningar. Arbetet är grundat på litteratur, egna analyser, intervjuer med branschfolk, enkätundersökning och test med fokusgrupp. Resultatet blev att en text på smartphone bäst utformas med flera styckesindelningar i form av blankrader, med bilder där bilden tillför något i informativt syfte och textlängd baserat på ämneskategori. Bilden bör sättas ovanför brödtexten. Längre texter ska sättas med scrollfunktion. Kontrast har stor betydelse på mobiltelefoner, texter går bra att läsa även när de är satta negativt. Teckensnittsklass är enligt resultatet av denna rapport inte av betydelse. Både seriff och sanserif kan läsas utan problem på smartphones. Typgraden bör förstoras något i förhållande till telefonens default-inställningar. På grund av att text på skärm inte stödjer avstavningar rekommenderas korta ord där det är möjligt för att förhindra en allt för hackig högerkant. / This research focuses on the issue of how to best structure text on a Smartphone screen. The factors involved in this research are text size, white space, text and line lengths, serif and sans serif fonts, pictures in text and contrast.  The methodology of our research is based on a normative Swedish able-bodied person, as well as on relevant literature, personal analyses, interviews with people in the trade, an online survey, and a test performed with a focus group. The results are that a text written for Smartphones is best structured with: several paragraph divisions made with blank lines, with pictures where the picture has an informational purpose, and text length based on category of subject. The picture should be placed above the body text. Longer texts should be set with a scroll-function. Contrast is of great importance on mobile phones as texts can be read properly even when set in negative. In addition, using serif or sans serif is of no importance. According to the results both serif and sans serif can be read without difficulties on a Smartphone. Text size should be slightly enlarged in relation to the default settings on the mobile device. Since word division is not supported on screen, short words are recommended when possible to prevent a highly uneven right end.

Tomando como objeto de estudio “La Biblia de 42 líneas impresa por Johann Gutenberg” en el Bloque Uno se comprenderán los orígenes de la industria gráfica a partir de una visión histórica de la vida de Gutenberg, Fust y Schöffer. En el Bloque Dos, se desarrolla el panorama de cómo se llega a la resolución gráfico-operativa que hizo posible la realización de los tipos móviles y su utilización en la imprenta. En la primera parte, se describen los elementos que se tenían antes de empezar la impresión; en la segunda, se analizan los elementos propios de la Biblia de 42 líneas; y en la tercera, se explica de cómo se realizó el paso hacia los tipos móviles. En el Bloque Tres, la parte práctica se divide en dos. Describe por un lado la presentación del catálogo digital de los tipos de la Biblia llamado “ginyB42” y por el otro, el análisis de clusters para comprobar con exactitud la existencia de diversas matrices de fundición para una misma letra. / The object of study in the present monographic research is the 42-line Bible allegedly printed by Johannes Gutenberg, in Block One will understand the origins of the printing industry from a historical view of the life of Gutenberg, Fust and Schöffer. In Block Two, our objective is to demonstrate that the graphic-operative solution that made possible the transition from calligraphy to movable types In Block Three, first introduce the digital catalogue of the Bible type called "ginyB42" and then, the cluster analysis to interpret a reality by means of a verification system that has served to mark with accuracy the existence of several font matrices for a same letter.