Slow process

The slow evolution of typefaces is put in historical context in a table that shows their use in books from the beginning of the literary era in Iceland. The work explores how typefaces have taken on new forms due to different methods and ideas and to increase awareness of occurring changes.

The slow evolution of typefaces is put in historical context in a table that shows their use in books from the beginning of the literary era in Iceland. The aim is to examine how the use and evolution of typefaces has left its mark on books. By designing the table, attention is drawn to different shapes of typefaces, their distinctive features at each time, their type names, when they were most commonly used and in which literary genres. The project is meant to show how typefaces have taken on various forms, not only due to different methods but also because new ideas and values play a part in a slow process that is hard to grasp unless we look back in time, put things in context and realize that all is dependent upon change.

By graphic designer  Sigrún Sigvaldadóttir.

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