Hosted/Organized by: Letterform Archive Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library Online Lecture at Letterform Archive Tue, Feb 15, 2022 12:00pm–1:30pm PT As we observe writing systems globally, what common attributes are revealed? What stages have led us from early written forms to contemporary writing? Which key inventions have changed the course […]
Hosted/Organized by: Letterform Archive Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library Online Lecture at Letterform Archive Tue, Mar 15, 2022 12:00pm–1:30pm PT What do money and power have to do with the form of type? When looking at the history from a global perspective, scripts shift and overlap along lines of power, […]
Hosted/Organized by: Letterform Archive Co-presented by Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library Online Lecture at Letterform Archive Tue, Mar 29, 2022 12:00pm–1:30pm PT Japan is home to one of the most curious writing systems, one that is in fact made of three writing systems ; four, if you count Latin. Its complexity has been […]
