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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
Birmingham City University
An indissoluble unity
The researcher devised and edits Book 2.0 which makes important contributions to typographic scholarship covering research, analysis and the conservation of book-related professional practices. Launched in 2011 it is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal and has an international editorial board. Book 2.0 publishes articles and reviews on developments in book creation and design, including the latest advances in technology and software affecting illustration, design and book production. Providing a forum for promoting and sharing the most original and progressive practices in the teaching of writing, illustration, book design and production, including publishing across all educational sectors, it explores innovations in distribution, marketing and sales, as well as book consumption.
This particular issue of Book 2.0 was developed around the theme of ‘Type Writing’ and explores the link between the printed and written of word through examining the interdependent relationships amongst authors, typographers and printers. Archer scoped this debate, contributing to it in her own introductory editorial and through the final selection of articles.
These articles interpret the theme either in an historical or contemporary context; discuss it not only from a technical but also empirical perspective; explore it either from an applied or theoretical standpoint. The effects of the digital present are considered and the unknown future predicated.
Most writers know little about typography; for them it is not the printing but the getting into print that matters. Some do take a great interest in how their words are presented: Blake, Graves, Huxley, Shaw and Woolf all understood the inextricable link between type and writing. This issue valuably serves to highlight the connection between the typographer and the writer of words, be their texts literary, commercial, instructional or inspirational; whether produced by a professional writers, graphic auteurs or casual passers-by who have simply given form to their thoughts.
