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OverviewA fresh and provocative take on typography, computing, and popular culture, viewed through four idiosyncratic typographical phenomena from the digital age. A fresh and provocative take on typography, computing, and popular culture, viewed through four idiosyncratic typographical phenomena from the digital age. From ASCII Art to Comic Sans offers an original vision of the history of typography and computing in the digital age, viewed through the lens of offbeat typography. We often regard text as pure information and typography as a transparent art form without meaning of its own. In this richly illustrated book, however, Karin Wagner offers a fresh perspective that shows how text is always an image that conveys meaning, and how typography, far from being meaningless, has in fact shaped modern visual and material culture in significant ways. By juxtaposing four odd typographical phenomena-the pedantic practice of ASCII art, the curious-looking machine-readable typefaces, the blurry letters of dot matrix printers, and the much-maligned font Comic Sans-Wagner paints a vivid picture of how functional technologies influence popular culture when used in ways their original creators never intended. Design practitioners, as well as fans of media, graphic design, type history, and computer technology, will enjoy this breezily sophisticated perspective on visual and digital culture. Spanning the material and visual aspects of typography from the 1960s to the present, From ASCII Art to Comic Sans is a unique contribution to the study of popular and material culture that fills a gap in the history of typography and computing. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Karin WagnerPublisher: MIT Press Ltd Imprint: MIT Press Weight: 0.369kg ISBN: 9780262546140ISBN 10: 0262546140 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 19 September 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii 1 Introduction 1 2 Computer Pictures Before Computer Graphics: The Practice of ASCII Art 27 3 Domesticated Aliens: Machine-Readable Typefaces in Popular Culture and Beyond 75 4 The Multisensory Dot Matrix Printer 117 5 Type Hate and the Discourse of Comic Sans 161 6 Common Themes and Concluding Remarks 199 Notes 209 Index 243ReviewsAuthor InformationKarin Wagner is Professor in Art History and Visual Studies in the Department of Cultural Sciences at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Researching photography, digital culture, design, and visual communication, she has published articles in Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, Visual Communication, Museum & Society, and Archival Science. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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