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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Typography <\/em>takes the broadest possible view of typography, defining it as \u2018design for reading\u2019. It considers all kinds of reading matter and visual communication systems; digital, environmental, printed, and produced by hand.<\/p>\n

By offering a rich collection of texts that are genuinely international in authorship and in scope, it seeks to rebalance the Western bias of so many books on the subject. It gives space to new voices and emerging standpoints about the global nature of design, the needs of particular communities of readers, and about the need for inclusivity and historical understanding in design practice and research.<\/p>\n

Thirty-seven chapters by forty-three contributors show the interdisciplinary range of research in typography today, exemplifying the relationship between history, theory, and practice that is at the heart of the discipline. They feature over 500 illustrations, mostly in colour, and full bibliographic references.<\/p>\n

Join the editors in conversation and discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n

The event will be hybrid:<\/p>\n

\u2013 in person in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus), RG6 6BZ<\/p>\n

\u2013 or on-line (via MS Teams): please register here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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