Abstract
BackgroundStudy on typography has focused mainly on material(type etc),background(history and character etc), and special effects(expression, media, etc) etc.
Although typography means how to use the types, the study has focused on externalthings excluding the principle. That may be because the principle is based on thevacant space with no coordinates given and thus the value judgment is too subjectiveand difficult while the material, background and special effects etc have clear shape,fact/relationship and usage and thus the logical proving is easy. Actually, most of thetypography theories explain in detail about the material, usage, background, and specialeffects etc but they explain the principle in only abstract and conceptual way and onlyshow the practice examples and existing work pieces. To answer to this situation, theresearcher intends to analyze the characteristic of the meaning, form and content oftypography to propose detailed principle for the typographical practice and learning.
MethodsThe researcher proposes the concept of part and whole as the core principleof typography. He investigates the general and philosophical concept of part and wholeand searches for concurrences between the meaning, form and content of typographyand concept of part and whole. He comprehends the characteristic of the concept of partand whole deducted from typography and converses it into a viewpoint and proposes thedisassemble and assemble as the practical operational principle of this viewpoint.
ResultsThe core concept of typography is part and whole. Meaning(terminology,unit and space), form(letter and text) and content(grammar and flow) of typographyare all composed of part and whole relationship. The term typography itself and allthe typographical elements like unit, space, type, character, grammar of text and flowof content etc are all relationship of part and whole. Part and whole has characteristicof structure(frame, connection), system(order, rule) and recursion(part=whole,circulation). If you substitute these into typography, character and text has characteristicof connection of frames, order according to the rules and circulation of part and whole.
These characteristics work as the viewpoint of the following principle.
The specific principle by viewpoint of part and whole is. disassemble and assemble.
Disassemble works in the order of ① disconnection → ② search for frames → ③comprehension of order → ④ and discovery of rule. Assemble works in the order of① establishment of rule → ② creation of order → ③ formation of frames → ④ andconnection. Disassembly and assembly circulate reversely and in order.
ConclusionBorges' novel <The Library of Babel> describes limitless books composedby a dozen of alphabets. This composition is the typography and its main principle is thedisassembly and assembly by the viewpoint of the part and whole.
Although typography means how to use the types, the study has focused on externalthings excluding the principle. That may be because the principle is based on thevacant space with no coordinates given and thus the value judgment is too subjectiveand difficult while the material, background and special effects etc have clear shape,fact/relationship and usage and thus the logical proving is easy. Actually, most of thetypography theories explain in detail about the material, usage, background, and specialeffects etc but they explain the principle in only abstract and conceptual way and onlyshow the practice examples and existing work pieces. To answer to this situation, theresearcher intends to analyze the characteristic of the meaning, form and content oftypography to propose detailed principle for the typographical practice and learning.
MethodsThe researcher proposes the concept of part and whole as the core principleof typography. He investigates the general and philosophical concept of part and wholeand searches for concurrences between the meaning, form and content of typographyand concept of part and whole. He comprehends the characteristic of the concept of partand whole deducted from typography and converses it into a viewpoint and proposes thedisassemble and assemble as the practical operational principle of this viewpoint.
ResultsThe core concept of typography is part and whole. Meaning(terminology,unit and space), form(letter and text) and content(grammar and flow) of typographyare all composed of part and whole relationship. The term typography itself and allthe typographical elements like unit, space, type, character, grammar of text and flowof content etc are all relationship of part and whole. Part and whole has characteristicof structure(frame, connection), system(order, rule) and recursion(part=whole,circulation). If you substitute these into typography, character and text has characteristicof connection of frames, order according to the rules and circulation of part and whole.
These characteristics work as the viewpoint of the following principle.
The specific principle by viewpoint of part and whole is. disassemble and assemble.
Disassemble works in the order of ① disconnection → ② search for frames → ③comprehension of order → ④ and discovery of rule. Assemble works in the order of① establishment of rule → ② creation of order → ③ formation of frames → ④ andconnection. Disassembly and assembly circulate reversely and in order.
ConclusionBorges' novel <The Library of Babel> describes limitless books composedby a dozen of alphabets. This composition is the typography and its main principle is thedisassembly and assembly by the viewpoint of the part and whole.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 31-55 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | 디자인학연구 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014 |