Tuesday, 26 May 2009

Typographic Code

A typographic code based around typesetting. When setting type, all characters are viewed upside down and the wrong way round; they are also kept in specific order not related to the alphabet, but to how often each letter is used. Our code is to help typesetters with the recognition and position re-call of type.




As typesetting is a dying art form, we decided to produce a book to make it easier for typesetters to learn and remember the order in which type is kept. The shape and size of the letters relate to the space they occupy in a traditional typecase.