The Typographic Medium by Kate Brideau - ISBN: 9780262045858
Hardcover
Typography: Shape, not letters, is the medium that transcends technology.
  • Hardcover

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    15 December 2021

Summary

An innovative examination of typography as a medium of communication rather than part of print or digital media.

Typography is everywhere and yet widely unnoticed. When we read type, we fail to see type. In this book, Kate Brideau considers typography not as part of “print media” or “digital media” but as a medium of communication itself, able to transcend the life and death of particular technologies. Examining the contradiction between typographic form (often overlooked) and functio…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262045858
ISBN-10:0262045850
Author:Kate Brideau
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:15 December 2021
Weight:567g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
Series:History and Foundations of Information Science
About The Author

Kate Brideau

Kate Brideau is an adjunct faculty member in Media, Culture, and Communications at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development and in Management Communication at NYU’s Stern School of Business.

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