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Book 1998.0

Signs and Symbols

Adrian Frutiger

Culture Watson-Guptill Publications 0823048268 Available

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Other title information: their design and meaning

Notes: Original title in German "Der Manch un seine Sachen" (1928), English translation by Andrew Bluhm

Annotation: Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks. This is a compelling study of the nature of signs and how people communicate written by the distinguished typographer Adrian Frutiger; who has illustrated his text with over 2000 line drawings. He reproduces numerous aspects of graphic symbolism from the simplicity of the T-sign to the ornamentation of the Australian aboriginal painting, and comments on the full range of symbols even including modern trademarks and traffic signs. This is the distillation of Frutiger's life's work and compulsory reading for all those interested in graphics, design, art, ornament and communication in general.

Identifier: 0823048268

Status: Available

Proceedings Paper 1997

The semiotics of the writing systems of Tolkien’s Middle earth

Arden R. Smith

In: Synthesis in Diversity, Volume 2

Pages
1239-1242

Semiotics Around the World

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Journal Article 1988

A Critical Analysis of African Writing Systems

Yao Kouadio, Simon P. X. Battestini

In: The American Journal of Semiotics 1988, Volume 6, Issue 1

Pages
109-115

The American Journal of Semiotics

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