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The Beauty Of Typography: Writing Systems And Calligraphy, Part 2

From Jessica Bordeau
June 22nd, 2010
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The beauty of writing systems is that each has something unique from which to draw inspiration. Two weeks ago, in the first part of this article, we covered Arabic and East-Asian languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese) and a few Indic scripts (Devanagari, Thai and Tibetan). We are now back for ...

The Beauty Of Typography: Writing Systems And Calligraphy Of The World

From Jessica Bordeau
May 18th, 2010
236 Comments

The beauty of typography has no borders. While most of us work with the familiar Latin alphabet, international projects usually require quite extensive knowledge about less familiar writing systems from around the world. The aesthetics and structure of such designs can be strongly related to the shape and legibility of ...

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Posts Tagged ‘Calligraphy’

The Beauty Of Typography: Writing Systems And Calligraphy, Part 2