Classification legacies: past perspectives and their shaping of current practice views

Dixon, Catherine (2014) Classification legacies: past perspectives and their shaping of current practice views. Design frontiers: Selected papers of the 8th ICDHS Conference, 1 (1). pp. 60-66. ISSN 2318-6968

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Type of Research:

Article

Creators:

Dixon, Catherine

Description:

This paper traces the origins of current classificatory tools to the early typeface categorizations developed for use within the printing trade over a century ago. It identifies a set of corrective values underpinning these early categorizations passed on through the influence of the Vox system and a problem of bias. It locates in the scholarship of Nicolete Gray, an alternative perspective in constructing more representative overviews of typeform design.

Other Contributors:

Role	Name
Editor	Farias, P
Editor	Atkinson, P

Official Website:

http://www.proceedings.blucher.com.br/article-details/the-role-of-typeface-categorization-systems-in-the-typographic-education-of-the-printer-a-corrective-legacy-still-with-us-today-8557

Additional Information (Publicly available):

This 2012 conference paper was selected to be published online in February 2014, as part of a new online journal. The correct citation is:

DIXON, Catherine 2012. The role of typeface categorization systems in the typographic education of the printer: a corrective legacy still with us today. In Farias, Priscila Lena; Calvera, Anna; Braga, Marcos da Costa & Schincariol, Zuleica (Eds.). Design frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies [=ICDHS 2012 - 8th Conference of the International Committee for Design History & Design Studies]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2012.
ISBN 978-85-212-0692-7. DOI 10.5151/design-icdhs-014

Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed:

Classification, Typface Design, Vox, Nicolete Gray, Historiography

Publisher/Broadcaster/Company:

Blucher

Your affiliations with UAL:

Colleges > Central Saint Martins

Date:

February 2014

Digital Object Identifier:

10.5151/design-icdhs-014

Related Websites:

http://www.proceedings.blucher.com.br/article-list/icdhs2012-211/list#articles