Historical technological impacts on the visual representation of language with reference to South Asian typeforms
- Submitting institution
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The University of Reading
: B - Typography and Graphic Communication
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory : B - Typography and Graphic Communication
- Output identifier
- 66725
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1163/24519197-12340054
- Title of journal
- Philological Encounters
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- First page
- 441
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 2451-9189
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2018
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This essay provides a critical evaluation of the historical technological impacts on typographic textual composition in South-Asian languages. It draws on archival resources, particularly those of the Non-Latin Type Collection (UoR), to consider within a historical context the technological constraints that have been crucial in determining the textural appearance of South-Asian typography. In scrutinizing relevant archives, which map the transition of South-Asian typeforms from foundry to digital type, this essay aims to elucidate design decisions that either purposely or unwittingly shaped subsequent and current typographic practice. It questions the validity of the continued legacy of historical technological impacts for contemporary vernacular communication.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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