- Visible Language
"Visible Language" is an American journal presenting research and experimentation on the properties of
writing system s, particularlytypography . Founded in 1967 as "The Journal of Typographical Research" by Merald Wrolstad, each "Visible Language" edition is co-edited with a guest editor-author.A primary tenet of the journal is that reading and writing together form a new, separate, and autonomous language system. The journal has covered the subject of
concrete poetry , theFluxus art movement, painted text,textual criticism , the abstraction of symbols,articulatory synthesis and text, and the evolution of the page from print to on-screen display. Guest editor-authors includeColin Banks ,John Cage ,Adrian Frutiger ,Dick Higgins ,Richard Kostelanetz , Craig Saper, andGeorge Steiner .The journal is currently edited by Sharon Poggenpohl of the Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Design, with administrative offices at the
Rhode Island School of Design .ee also
*"Baseline"
*"Communication Arts "
*"Emigre magazine "
*"eye (magazine) "
*"Print (magazine) "References
* "Visible Language." Vol. 36.2, edited by Praima Chayutsahakij. 2002.
* [http://www.id.iit.edu/visiblelanguage/Directory.html website of "Visible Language"]External links
* [http://www.id.iit.edu/visiblelanguage/Directory.html website of "Visible Language"]
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