A Sociolinguistics of Typography Why Graphic Design Matters to Linguistics
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Spitzmüller Universität Wien ¨ Institut für Sprachwissenschaft
Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University R/w./ö.wR Outline of the Lecture
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline Concepts & Terms ‚ Terminological basics/deínitions: typography, design, Functions of Text Design multimodality (Typo)graphic ‚ Functions of text design/typography Variation as Social Practice ‚ (Typo-)graphic variation as social practice – examples of sociolinguistic functions
ö¨ÿR Outline of the Lecture
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline Concepts & Terms ‚ Terminological basics/deínitions: typography, design, Functions of Text Design multimodality (Typo)graphic ‚ Functions of text design/typography Variation as Social Practice ‚ (Typo-)graphic variation as social practice – examples of sociolinguistic functions
ö¨ÿR Outline of the Lecture
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline Concepts & Terms ‚ Terminological basics/deínitions: typography, design, Functions of Text Design multimodality (Typo)graphic ‚ Functions of text design/typography Variation as Social Practice ‚ (Typo-)graphic variation as social practice – examples of sociolinguistic functions
ö¨ÿR Sociolinguistics of Cyrillic Writing Recommended Readings A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline ‚ Daniel Bunčić. ö.wÏ. Biscriptality:A sociolinguistic Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text typology.Heidelberg: Winter. Design ‚ Sebastian Kempgen & Vittorio Springíeld Tomelleri (Typo)graphic Variation as (eds.). ö.wR. Slavic alphabets and identities. Vol. wR Social Practice (Bamberger Beiträge zur Linguistik). Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press. https://nbn-resolving.org/html/urn: nbn:de:bvb:ÿÅé-opusÿ-óÿw.Åw (accessed öó September, ö.wR).
é¨ÿR Typography: Deínition
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller Etymology: Greek τύπος (týpos = ‘letter, sign’) Outline ˆ γράφειν (gráphein = ‘to scratch, to write’) Concepts & Terms Original (strict) meaning: Production of a printed work by Functions of Text Design means of a speciíc technical procedure, namely printing (Typo)graphic press with re-usable, movable (metal) letters. Variation as Social Practice ô Lithography, Xylography, etc. Modern Deínition: “the style and appearance of printed matter” (Oxford English Dictionary) « Including style and appearance of written language on screen.
ÿ¨ÿR The Typographic Techniques
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice Figure w: Hand Composition
Figure ö: Printing Plate ó¨ÿR Figure é: Letter Press The Typographic Techniques
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice
Figure ÿ: Letters and Clichés
ϨÿR The Typographic Techniques
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice
Figure ÿ: Letters and Clichés
ϨÿR The Typographic Techniques
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice
Figure ÿ: Letters and Clichés
ϨÿR The Typographic Techniques
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice
Figure ÿ: Letters and Clichés
ϨÿR Lithography
Figure Ï: Lithography
Other (Traditional) Printing Techniques
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Xylography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice
Figure ó: Xylography ŨÿR Other (Traditional) Printing Techniques
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Xylography Lithography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice
Figure ó: Xylography Figure Ï: Lithography ŨÿR Typography: Deínition
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller Etymology: Greek τύπος (týpos = ‘letter, sign’) Outline ˆ γράφειν (gráphein = ‘to scratch, to write’) Concepts & Terms Original (strict) meaning: Production of a printed work by Functions of Text Design means of a speciíc technical procedure, namely printing (Typo)graphic press with re-usable, movable (metal) letters. Variation as Social Practice ô Lithography, Xylography, etc. Modern Deínition: “the style and appearance of printed matter” (Oxford English Dictionary) « Including style and appearance of written language on screen.
ϨÿR Typography: Deínition
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller Etymology: Greek τύπος (týpos = ‘letter, sign’) Outline ˆ γράφειν (gráphein = ‘to scratch, to write’) Concepts & Terms Original (strict) meaning: Production of a printed work by Functions of Text Design means of a speciíc technical procedure, namely printing (Typo)graphic press with re-usable, movable (metal) letters. Variation as Social Practice ô Lithography, Xylography, etc. Modern Deínition: “the style and appearance of printed matter” (Oxford English Dictionary) « Including style and appearance of written language on screen.
ϨÿR Typography: Deínition
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller Etymology: Greek τύπος (týpos = ‘letter, sign’) Outline ˆ γράφειν (gráphein = ‘to scratch, to write’) Concepts & Terms Original (strict) meaning: Production of a printed work by Functions of Text Design means of a speciíc technical procedure, namely printing (Typo)graphic press with re-usable, movable (metal) letters. Variation as Social Practice ô Lithography, Xylography, etc. Modern Deínition: “the style and appearance of printed matter” (Oxford English Dictionary) « Including style and appearance of written language on screen.
ϨÿR Typographic Levels Classic Categorization A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller Macrotypography: Overall design of a printed matter and the composition of letters on the page Outline
Concepts & Terms ‚ Selection of printing material (paper etc.), selection of
Functions of Text type faces, visual composition of the page (layout, type Design area), setting of type sizes and distances, page breaks, (Typo)graphic Variation as visual layout of the document as a whole. Social Practice Microtypography: Composition and design of script in a line ‚ Composition of letters to words, emphasis (= bold face, italics, small capitals, underlining, tracking, mixing of type faces, etc.), letter distance (running width and kerning), distance of words (justiícation), hyphenation, alignment, line distance (leading); a wide deínition also include design of type faces.
R¨ÿR Typographic Levels Classic Categorization A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller Macrotypography: Overall design of a printed matter and the composition of letters on the page Outline
Concepts & Terms ‚ Selection of printing material (paper etc.), selection of
Functions of Text type faces, visual composition of the page (layout, type Design area), setting of type sizes and distances, page breaks, (Typo)graphic Variation as visual layout of the document as a whole. Social Practice Microtypography: Composition and design of script in a line ‚ Composition of letters to words, emphasis (= bold face, italics, small capitals, underlining, tracking, mixing of type faces, etc.), letter distance (running width and kerning), distance of words (justiícation), hyphenation, alignment, line distance (leading); a wide deínition also include design of type faces.
R¨ÿR Typographic Levels Classic Categorization A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller Macrotypography: Overall design of a printed matter and the composition of letters on the page Outline
Concepts & Terms ‚ Selection of printing material (paper etc.), selection of
Functions of Text type faces, visual composition of the page (layout, type Design area), setting of type sizes and distances, page breaks, (Typo)graphic Variation as visual layout of the document as a whole. Social Practice Microtypography: Composition and design of script in a line ‚ Composition of letters to words, emphasis (= bold face, italics, small capitals, underlining, tracking, mixing of type faces, etc.), letter distance (running width and kerning), distance of words (justiícation), hyphenation, alignment, line distance (leading); a wide deínition also include design of type faces.
R¨ÿR Typographic Levels Classic Categorization A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller Macrotypography: Overall design of a printed matter and the composition of letters on the page Outline
Concepts & Terms ‚ Selection of printing material (paper etc.), selection of
Functions of Text type faces, visual composition of the page (layout, type Design area), setting of type sizes and distances, page breaks, (Typo)graphic Variation as visual layout of the document as a whole. Social Practice Microtypography: Composition and design of script in a line ‚ Composition of letters to words, emphasis (= bold face, italics, small capitals, underlining, tracking, mixing of type faces, etc.), letter distance (running width and kerning), distance of words (justiícation), hyphenation, alignment, line distance (leading); a wide deínition also include design of type faces.
R¨ÿR Typographic Levels Linguistic Diéerentiation as Proposed by Stöckl (ö..ó) A Sociolinguistics of Typography Microtypography: “the design of fonts and individual graphic signs” Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ type face, type size, type style, color of type Mesotypography: “the coníguration of graphic signs in lines and text Outline blocks” Concepts & Terms ‚ letter ít, word spacing, line spacing (leading), amount of print Functions of Text on page, alignment of type (type composition,) Design position/direction of lines, mixing of fonts (Typo)graphic Variation as Macrotypography: “the graphic structure of the overall document” Social Practice ‚ indentations and paragraphing, caps and initials, typographic emphasis, ornamentation devices, assembling text and graphics [image] Paratypography: “materials, instruments and techniques of graphic sign-making” ‚ material quality of medium (paper quality) practices of signing [speciíc production technique]
Hartmut Stöckl. ö..ó. Typography: body and dress of a text – a signing mode between language and image. Visual Communication w.¨ÿR ÿ(ö). ö.ÿ–öwÿ. quot.: öw.. Typographic Levels Linguistic Diéerentiation as Proposed by Stöckl (ö..ó) A Sociolinguistics of Typography Microtypography: “the design of fonts and individual graphic signs” Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ type face, type size, type style, color of type Mesotypography: “the coníguration of graphic signs in lines and text Outline blocks” Concepts & Terms ‚ letter ít, word spacing, line spacing (leading), amount of print Functions of Text on page, alignment of type (type composition,) Design position/direction of lines, mixing of fonts (Typo)graphic Variation as Macrotypography: “the graphic structure of the overall document” Social Practice ‚ indentations and paragraphing, caps and initials, typographic emphasis, ornamentation devices, assembling text and graphics [image] Paratypography: “materials, instruments and techniques of graphic sign-making” ‚ material quality of medium (paper quality) practices of signing [speciíc production technique]
Hartmut Stöckl. ö..ó. Typography: body and dress of a text – a signing mode between language and image. Visual Communication w.¨ÿR ÿ(ö). ö.ÿ–öwÿ. quot.: öw.. Typographic Levels Linguistic Diéerentiation as Proposed by Stöckl (ö..ó) A Sociolinguistics of Typography Microtypography: “the design of fonts and individual graphic signs” Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ type face, type size, type style, color of type Mesotypography: “the coníguration of graphic signs in lines and text Outline blocks” Concepts & Terms ‚ letter ít, word spacing, line spacing (leading), amount of print Functions of Text on page, alignment of type (type composition,) Design position/direction of lines, mixing of fonts (Typo)graphic Variation as Macrotypography: “the graphic structure of the overall document” Social Practice ‚ indentations and paragraphing, caps and initials, typographic emphasis, ornamentation devices, assembling text and graphics [image] Paratypography: “materials, instruments and techniques of graphic sign-making” ‚ material quality of medium (paper quality) practices of signing [speciíc production technique]
Hartmut Stöckl. ö..ó. Typography: body and dress of a text – a signing mode between language and image. Visual Communication w.¨ÿR ÿ(ö). ö.ÿ–öwÿ. quot.: öw.. Typographic Levels Linguistic Diéerentiation as Proposed by Stöckl (ö..ó) A Sociolinguistics of Typography Microtypography: “the design of fonts and individual graphic signs” Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ type face, type size, type style, color of type Mesotypography: “the coníguration of graphic signs in lines and text Outline blocks” Concepts & Terms ‚ letter ít, word spacing, line spacing (leading), amount of print Functions of Text on page, alignment of type (type composition,) Design position/direction of lines, mixing of fonts (Typo)graphic Variation as Macrotypography: “the graphic structure of the overall document” Social Practice ‚ indentations and paragraphing, caps and initials, typographic emphasis, ornamentation devices, assembling text and graphics [image] Paratypography: “materials, instruments and techniques of graphic sign-making” ‚ material quality of medium (paper quality) practices of signing [speciíc production technique]
Hartmut Stöckl. ö..ó. Typography: body and dress of a text – a signing mode between language and image. Visual Communication w.¨ÿR ÿ(ö). ö.ÿ–öwÿ. quot.: öw.. Typographic Levels Linguistic Diéerentiation as Proposed by Stöckl (ö..ó) A Sociolinguistics of Typography Microtypography: “the design of fonts and individual graphic signs” Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ type face, type size, type style, color of type Mesotypography: “the coníguration of graphic signs in lines and text Outline blocks” Concepts & Terms ‚ letter ít, word spacing, line spacing (leading), amount of print Functions of Text on page, alignment of type (type composition,) Design position/direction of lines, mixing of fonts (Typo)graphic Variation as Macrotypography: “the graphic structure of the overall document” Social Practice ‚ indentations and paragraphing, caps and initials, typographic emphasis, ornamentation devices, assembling text and graphics [image] Paratypography: “materials, instruments and techniques of graphic sign-making” ‚ material quality of medium (paper quality) practices of signing [speciíc production technique]
Hartmut Stöckl. ö..ó. Typography: body and dress of a text – a signing mode between language and image. Visual Communication w.¨ÿR ÿ(ö). ö.ÿ–öwÿ. quot.: öw.. Typographic Levels Linguistic Diéerentiation as Proposed by Stöckl (ö..ó) A Sociolinguistics of Typography Microtypography: “the design of fonts and individual graphic signs” Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ type face, type size, type style, color of type Mesotypography: “the coníguration of graphic signs in lines and text Outline blocks” Concepts & Terms ‚ letter ít, word spacing, line spacing (leading), amount of print Functions of Text on page, alignment of type (type composition,) Design position/direction of lines, mixing of fonts (Typo)graphic Variation as Macrotypography: “the graphic structure of the overall document” Social Practice ‚ indentations and paragraphing, caps and initials, typographic emphasis, ornamentation devices, assembling text and graphics [image] Paratypography: “materials, instruments and techniques of graphic sign-making” ‚ material quality of medium (paper quality) practices of signing [speciíc production technique]
Hartmut Stöckl. ö..ó. Typography: body and dress of a text – a signing mode between language and image. Visual Communication w.¨ÿR ÿ(ö). ö.ÿ–öwÿ. quot.: öw.. Typographic Levels Linguistic Diéerentiation as Proposed by Stöckl (ö..ó) A Sociolinguistics of Typography Microtypography: “the design of fonts and individual graphic signs” Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ type face, type size, type style, color of type Mesotypography: “the coníguration of graphic signs in lines and text Outline blocks” Concepts & Terms ‚ letter ít, word spacing, line spacing (leading), amount of print Functions of Text on page, alignment of type (type composition,) Design position/direction of lines, mixing of fonts (Typo)graphic Variation as Macrotypography: “the graphic structure of the overall document” Social Practice ‚ indentations and paragraphing, caps and initials, typographic emphasis, ornamentation devices, assembling text and graphics [image] Paratypography: “materials, instruments and techniques of graphic sign-making” ‚ material quality of medium (paper quality) practices of signing [speciíc production technique]
Hartmut Stöckl. ö..ó. Typography: body and dress of a text – a signing mode between language and image. Visual Communication w.¨ÿR ÿ(ö). ö.ÿ–öwÿ. quot.: öw.. Typographic Levels Linguistic Diéerentiation as Proposed by Stöckl (ö..ó) A Sociolinguistics of Typography Microtypography: “the design of fonts and individual graphic signs” Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ type face, type size, type style, color of type Mesotypography: “the coníguration of graphic signs in lines and text Outline blocks” Concepts & Terms ‚ letter ít, word spacing, line spacing (leading), amount of print Functions of Text on page, alignment of type (type composition,) Design position/direction of lines, mixing of fonts (Typo)graphic Variation as Macrotypography: “the graphic structure of the overall document” Social Practice ‚ indentations and paragraphing, caps and initials, typographic emphasis, ornamentation devices, assembling text and graphics [image] Paratypography: “materials, instruments and techniques of graphic sign-making” ‚ material quality of medium (paper quality) practices of signing [speciíc production technique]
Hartmut Stöckl. ö..ó. Typography: body and dress of a text – a signing mode between language and image. Visual Communication w.¨ÿR ÿ(ö). ö.ÿ–öwÿ. quot.: öw.. Latin Type: Blackletter vs. Roman
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller Blackletter variants: (Some) Roman variants:
Outline Concepts & Terms Textura Humanist Functions of Text Design Modern Serif (Typo)graphic Rotunda Variation as Social Practice Sans Serif SchwabacherBastarda Slab Serif Fraktur
ww¨ÿR Cyrillic Blackletter
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice
Figure Å: Historic Specimen with Cyrillic Blackletter Type Source: https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/ÿÿÅÏé
wö¨ÿR Latin Type: Blackletter vs. Roman
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller Blackletter variants: (Some) Roman variants:
Outline Concepts & Terms Textura Humanist Functions of Text Design Modern Serif (Typo)graphic Rotunda Variation as Social Practice Sans Serif SchwabacherBastarda Slab Serif Fraktur
wé¨ÿR Typeface
Basic Classiícation/Terminology (selective) A Sociolinguistics Terminology of Typography Latin-Alphabet Typefaces Script Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline Blackletter Roman
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Schwabacher Fraktur Textura Rotunda Humanist Modern Serif Sans Serif Slab Serif Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice Breitkopf- Unger- Garamond Bembo Fraktur Fraktur
Garamond Garamond Garamond Medium Bold Italic
Font/Fount: Material entity as distributed by a type producer (type foundry) ‚ E. g., computer íle with glyphs and metrics of a type family or a type shape ‚ In earlier times: (wooden) box with metal letters wÿ¨ÿR Typeface
Basic Classiícation/Terminology (selective) A Sociolinguistics Terminology of Typography Latin-Alphabet Typefaces Script Jürgen Spitzmüller
Type genre Outline Blackletter Roman
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Schwabacher Fraktur Textura Rotunda Humanist Modern Serif Sans Serif Slab Serif Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice Breitkopf- Unger- Garamond Bembo Fraktur Fraktur
Garamond Garamond Garamond Medium Bold Italic
Font/Fount: Material entity as distributed by a type producer (type foundry) ‚ E. g., computer íle with glyphs and metrics of a type family or a type shape ‚ In earlier times: (wooden) box with metal letters wÿ¨ÿR Typeface
Basic Classiícation/Terminology (selective) A Sociolinguistics Terminology of Typography Latin-Alphabet Typefaces Script Jürgen Spitzmüller
Type genre Outline Blackletter Roman
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Schwabacher Fraktur Textura Rotunda Humanist Modern Serif Sans Serif Slab Serif Type style Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice Breitkopf- Unger- Garamond Bembo Fraktur Fraktur
Garamond Garamond Garamond Medium Bold Italic
Font/Fount: Material entity as distributed by a type producer (type foundry) ‚ E. g., computer íle with glyphs and metrics of a type family or a type shape ‚ In earlier times: (wooden) box with metal letters wÿ¨ÿR Typeface
Basic Classiícation/Terminology (selective) A Sociolinguistics Terminology of Typography Latin-Alphabet Typefaces Script Jürgen Spitzmüller
Type genre Outline Blackletter Roman
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Schwabacher Fraktur Textura Rotunda Humanist Modern Serif Sans Serif Slab Serif Type style Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice Breitkopf- Unger- Garamond Bembo Type family Fraktur Fraktur
Garamond Garamond Garamond Medium Bold Italic
Font/Fount: Material entity as distributed by a type producer (type foundry) ‚ E. g., computer íle with glyphs and metrics of a type family or a type shape ‚ In earlier times: (wooden) box with metal letters wÿ¨ÿR Typeface
Basic Classiícation/Terminology (selective) A Sociolinguistics Terminology of Typography Latin-Alphabet Typefaces Script Jürgen Spitzmüller
Type genre Outline Blackletter Roman
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Schwabacher Fraktur Textura Rotunda Humanist Modern Serif Sans Serif Slab Serif Type style Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice Breitkopf- Unger- Garamond Bembo Type family Fraktur Fraktur
Garamond Garamond Garamond Medium Bold Italic Type shape
Font/Fount: Material entity as distributed by a type producer (type foundry) ‚ E. g., computer íle with glyphs and metrics of a type family or a type shape ‚ In earlier times: (wooden) box with metal letters wÿ¨ÿR Basic Classiícation/Terminology (selective) A Sociolinguistics Terminology of Typography Latin-Alphabet Typefaces Script Jürgen Spitzmüller
Type genre Outline Blackletter Roman
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Schwabacher Fraktur Textura Rotunda Humanist Modern Serif Sans Serif Slab Serif Type style Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice Breitkopf- Unger- Garamond Bembo Type family Fraktur Fraktur
Typeface Garamond Garamond Garamond Medium Bold Italic Type shape
Font/Fount: Material entity as distributed by a type producer (type foundry) ‚ E. g., computer íle with glyphs and metrics of a type family or a type shape ‚ In earlier times: (wooden) box with metal letters wÿ¨ÿR Basic Classiícation/Terminology (selective) A Sociolinguistics Terminology of Typography Latin-Alphabet Typefaces Script Jürgen Spitzmüller
Type genre Outline Blackletter Roman
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Schwabacher Fraktur Textura Rotunda Humanist Modern Serif Sans Serif Slab Serif Type style Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice Breitkopf- Unger- Garamond Bembo Type family Fraktur Fraktur
Typeface Garamond Garamond Garamond Medium Bold Italic Type shape
Font/Fount: Material entity as distributed by a type producer (type foundry) ‚ E. g., computer íle with glyphs and metrics of a type family or a type shape ‚ In earlier times: (wooden) box with metal letters wÿ¨ÿR (Document) Design
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller “Document design is the act of bringing together prose, Outline graphics, illustration, photography and typography for Concepts & Terms purposes of instruction, information, or persuasion.” Functions of Text Design Karen A. Schriver. wRRÅ. Dynamics in document design:Creating texts (Typo)graphic for readers.New York et al.: Wiley. w.. Variation as Social Practice “Designs are (uses of) semiotic resources, in all semiotic modes and combinations of semiotic modes.”
Gunther Kress & Theo van Leeuwen. ö..w. Multimodal discourse: The modes and media of contemporary communication. London: Hodder Education. ó.
wó¨ÿR (Document) Design
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller “Document design is the act of bringing together prose, Outline graphics, illustration, photography and typography for Concepts & Terms purposes of instruction, information, or persuasion.” Functions of Text Design Karen A. Schriver. wRRÅ. Dynamics in document design:Creating texts (Typo)graphic for readers.New York et al.: Wiley. w.. Variation as Social Practice “Designs are (uses of) semiotic resources, in all semiotic modes and combinations of semiotic modes.”
Gunther Kress & Theo van Leeuwen. ö..w. Multimodal discourse: The modes and media of contemporary communication. London: Hodder Education. ó.
wó¨ÿR Social Semiotics
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice
Gunther Kress (wRÿ.–ö.wR) Theo van Leeuwen (*wRÿÅ)
wϨÿR Modes and Multimodality
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller “We have deíned multimodality as the use of several semiotic modes in the design of a semiotic product or event, together Outline with the particular way in which these modes are combined Concepts & Terms [...].” Functions of Text Design Gunther Kress & Theo van Leeuwen. ö..w. Multimodal discourse: The (Typo)graphic Variation as modes and media of contemporary communication. London: Hodder Social Practice Education. ö.. “Modes are semiotic resources which allow the simultaneous realisation of discourses and types of (inter)action.”
Gunther Kress & Theo van Leeuwen. ö..w. Multimodal discourse: The modes and media of contemporary communication. London: Hodder Education. öw.
wŨÿR Modes and Multimodality
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller “We have deíned multimodality as the use of several semiotic modes in the design of a semiotic product or event, together Outline with the particular way in which these modes are combined Concepts & Terms [...].” Functions of Text Design Gunther Kress & Theo van Leeuwen. ö..w. Multimodal discourse: The (Typo)graphic Variation as modes and media of contemporary communication. London: Hodder Social Practice Education. ö.. “Modes are semiotic resources which allow the simultaneous realisation of discourses and types of (inter)action.”
Gunther Kress & Theo van Leeuwen. ö..w. Multimodal discourse: The modes and media of contemporary communication. London: Hodder Education. öw.
wŨÿR Multimodality
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller “All texts are multimodal. Language always has to be realized through, and comes in the company of, other semiotic
Outline modes. When we speak, we articulate our message not just
Concepts & Terms with words, but through a complex interplay of
Functions of Text speech-sound, of rhythm, of intonation; accompanied by Design facial expression, gesture and posture. When we write, our (Typo)graphic Variation as message is expressed not only linguistically, but also through Social Practice a visual arrangement of marks on a page. Any form of text analysis which ignores this will not be able to account for all the meanings expressed in texts.”
Gunther Kress & Theo van Leeuwen. wRRÏ. Front pages: (the critical) analysis of newspaper layout. In Allan Bell & Peter Garret (eds.), Approaches to media discourse, wÏÏ–öwR. Oxford: Blackwell. quot.: wÏÏ.
wϨÿR Main Functions of Text Design
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text w. Text organization: How are texts structured and readers Design are guided by means of graphic design? (Typo)graphic Variation as ö. Text styling: How does graphic design in÷uence to the Social Practice interpretation of texts?
wR¨ÿR Text Organization
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Questions: Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ How do speciíc typographic elements help to organize a text (e. g., emphasis, selection of type faces, page Outline layout, combination of text and image, footnotes, Concepts & Terms headings, paragraph alignments)? Functions of Text Design ‚ How does graphic design in÷uence the ‘readability’ of (Typo)graphic Variation as texts? Social Practice Fields of Research: ‚ textual comprehensibility research, text linguistics, media linguistics
Cf. Jürgen Spitzmüller. ö.wÅ. Schematizing information: The macrotypographic framing of text. In Colleen Cotter & Daniel Perrin (eds.), The Routledge handbook of language and media, ÿÅó–ÿÏÏ. London & New York: Routledge.
ö.¨ÿR Text Organization:Dictionaries
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline
Concepts & Terms
Functions of Text Design
(Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice
Figure Ï: Orthographic Dictionary of German (Duden)
öw¨ÿR Text Organization
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Questions: Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ How do speciíc typographic elements help to organize a text (e. g., emphasis, selection of type faces, page Outline layout, combination of text and image, footnotes, Concepts & Terms headings, paragraph alignments)? Functions of Text Design ‚ How does graphic design in÷uence the ‘readability’ of (Typo)graphic Variation as texts? Social Practice Fields of Research: ‚ textual comprehensibility research, text linguistics, media linguistics
Cf. Jürgen Spitzmüller. ö.wÅ. Schematizing information: The macrotypographic framing of text. In Colleen Cotter & Daniel Perrin (eds.), The Routledge handbook of language and media, ÿÅó–ÿÏÏ. London & New York: Routledge.
öö¨ÿR Stylistic Functions Questions: A Sociolinguistics of Typography ‚ How does text design frame/in÷uence interpretation? Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ To which degree does design evoke genre expectations? ‚ To which degree do graphical elements signal group Outline membership? Concepts & Terms ‚ Which emotions and appeals are evoked by design Functions of Text Design elements? (Typo)graphic Fields of Research: Variation as Social Practice ‚ Linguistic stylistics, social semiotics, linguistic research in advertising ‚ Language historiography (esp. Historical Sociolinguistics)
Cf. Jürgen Spitzmüller. ö.wöa. Floating ideologies: Metamorphoses of graphic “Germanness”. In Alexandra Jaée, Jannis Androutsopoulos, Mark Sebba & Sally Johnson (eds.), Orthography as social action: Scripts, spelling, identity and power (Language and Social Processes é), öóó–öÏÏ. Berlin &Boston: De
öé¨ÿR Gruyter Mouton. Genre Expectations
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öÿ¨ÿR Genre Expectations In Liebe geboren. A Sociolinguistics of Typography In Liebe gelebt. Jürgen Spitzmüller In Geld gestorben. Fußball. * öÿ. Oktober wÏóÅ Outline † öÏ. Februar ö.wÏ Concepts & Terms Deine Kraft brachte uns Reichtum. Functions of Text Design Wir verkauften Dich.
(Typo)graphic Dich tragen wir zu Grabe. Variation as Social Practice Salman bin Ibrahim AI Chalifa + Giovanni Infantino Jack Warner und Sepp Blatter mit Jeérey Webb, José Maria Marin und allen Angehörigen, Freunden und Gönnern Ï.ÿÿ Zürich,FIFA-Strasse ö. Unser besonderer Dank gilt allen Bankangestellten der Cayman Islands, Adidas,Coca-Cola und den Fernsehanstalten weltweit. Die Beisetzung índet im Zimmer des Hinterzimmers statt. Von Verträgen bitten wir Abstand zu nehmen. öó¨ÿR Stylistic Functions Questions: A Sociolinguistics of Typography ‚ How does text design frame/in÷uence interpretation? Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ To which degree does design evoke genre expectations? ‚ To which degree do graphical elements signal group Outline membership? Concepts & Terms ‚ Which emotions and appeals are evoked by design Functions of Text Design elements? (Typo)graphic Fields of Research: Variation as Social Practice ‚ Linguistic stylistics, social semiotics, linguistic research in advertising ‚ Language historiography (esp. Historical Sociolinguistics)
Cf. Jürgen Spitzmüller. ö.wöa. Floating ideologies: Metamorphoses of graphic “Germanness”. In Alexandra Jaée, Jannis Androutsopoulos, Mark Sebba & Sally Johnson (eds.), Orthography as social action: Scripts, spelling, identity and power (Language and Social Processes é), öóó–öÏÏ. Berlin &Boston: De
öϨÿR Gruyter Mouton. Stylistic Functions Questions: A Sociolinguistics of Typography ‚ How does text design frame/in÷uence interpretation? Jürgen Spitzmüller ‚ To which degree does design evoke genre expectations? ‚ To which degree do graphical elements signal group Outline membership? Concepts & Terms ‚ Which emotions and appeals are evoked by design Functions of Text Design elements? (Typo)graphic Fields of Research: Variation as Social Practice ‚ Linguistic stylistics, social semiotics, linguistic research in advertising ‚ Language historiography (esp. Historical Sociolinguistics)
Cf. Jürgen Spitzmüller. ö.wöa. Floating ideologies: Metamorphoses of graphic “Germanness”. In Alexandra Jaée, Jannis Androutsopoulos, Mark Sebba & Sally Johnson (eds.), Orthography as social action: Scripts, spelling, identity and power (Language and Social Processes é), öóó–öÏÏ. Berlin &Boston: De
öϨÿR Gruyter Mouton. Style and “Social Visibility”
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Outline Concepts & Terms “Style is a means to increase social visibility.” Functions of Text Design Aleida Assmann. wRÏÏ. ‘Opting in’ und ‘opting out’: Konformität und (Typo)graphic Individualität in den poetologischen Debatten der englischen Variation as Social Practice Aufklärung. In Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (ed.), Stil: Geschichten und Funktionen eines kulturwissenschaftlichen Diskurselements (stw Ïéé), wöÅ–wÿé. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp. quot.: wöÅ, my translation.
öŨÿR Social Signiícance of Variation
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller “In general, we can say that every diéerence in language can Outline be turned into diéerence in social value [...].” Concepts & Terms Functions of Text Jan Blommaert. ö..ó. Discourse: A critical introduction. (Key Topics in Design Sociolinguistics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ÏR. (Typo)graphic Variation as “[...] there are in fact many points within writing systems Social Practice where variation can occur, and where there is variation, there is in practice always social meaning.”
Mark Sebba. ö..R. Sociolinguistic approaches to writing systems research. Writing Systems Research w(w). éó–ÿR. quot.: éR.
öϨÿR Social Signiícance of Variation
A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller “In general, we can say that every diéerence in language can Outline be turned into diéerence in social value [...].” Concepts & Terms Functions of Text Jan Blommaert. ö..ó. Discourse: A critical introduction. (Key Topics in Design Sociolinguistics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ÏR. (Typo)graphic Variation as “[...] there are in fact many points within writing systems Social Practice where variation can occur, and where there is variation, there is in practice always social meaning.”
Mark Sebba. ö..R. Sociolinguistic approaches to writing systems research. Writing Systems Research w(w). éó–ÿR. quot.: éR.
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é.¨ÿR Social Meaning of Microtypography
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Outline “I received a letter from a representative of the [German]
Concepts & Terms designer association inviting me to join a committee.
Functions of Text The letter had been set in w. point Avant Garde, justiíed, Design very long lines, huge white space between words, no leading. (Typo)graphic Variation as I rejected immediately.” Social Practice Hans Peter Willberg &Friedrich Forssman. ö..w [wRRR]. Erste Hilfe in Typographie: Ratgeber für Gestaltung mit Schrift. érd edn. Mainz: Hermann Schmidt Verlag. [Orig. Mainz: Hermann Schmidt Verlag]. ÅÏ, my translation.
éw¨ÿR Knowledge
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“[...] the use of the word knowledge (savoir) [...] refers to all Outline procedures and all eéects of knowledge [better translation: Concepts & Terms understanding; J. S.] (connaissance) that are acceptable at a Functions of Text Design given point in time and in a speciíc domain.” (Typo)graphic Variation as Michel Foucault. wRRÅ [wRR.]. What is critique? Transl. by Social Practice Lysa Hochroth & Catherine Porter. With an intro. by John Rajchmann. In Sylvère Lotringer (ed.), The politics of truth, ÿw–Ïö. Los Angeles: Semiotext(e). [Fr. orig. Qu’est-ce que la critique? (Critique et Aufklärung). In Bulletin de la Société française de Philosophie Ïÿ/ö (wRR.), éó–Ïé]. quot.: Ï..
éö¨ÿR Graphic Knowledge
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Outline “Sets of beliefs concerning the use and ‘meaning’ of graphic
Concepts & Terms elements which are held to be ‘given’ – or are ‘acceptable’
Functions of Text Foucault (wRRÅ [wRR.]: Ï.) – by a speciíc social group (at a Design speciíc point in time) under speciíc communicative (Typo)graphic Variation as conditions.” Social Practice Jürgen Spitzmüller. ö.wé. Graphische Variation als soziale Praxis:Eine soziolinguistische Theorie skripturaler ‘Sichtbarkeit’. (Linguistik – Impulse & Tendenzen óÏ). Berlin &Boston: De Gruyter. [= Habilitation thesis, University of Zurich ö.wö]. ö.é, my translation.
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Figure wé: Black Letter Type in Right-Wing Movements
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Figure wÿ: Black Letter as Stigma II éϨÿR A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
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Figure wó: Heavy Metal Typography:Black Letter éŨÿR Anti-Identities Anti Black Metal Squad (last.fm) A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
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Figure wÏ: Black Metal Sucks!!
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Figure wó: Heavy Metal Typography:Black Letter éR¨ÿR Ambivalent Allusions
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Figure wÅ: Allusions
ÿ.¨ÿR Ambivalent Allusions
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ÿ.¨ÿR Figure wÅ: Allusions A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
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Figure wó: Heavy Metal Typography:Black Letter ÿw¨ÿR A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
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Figure wÏ: Heavy Metal Typography II:Diaeresis
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Figure wR: Lars Ümlaut
ÿé¨ÿR (Heavy)Metal Umlaut
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Figure ö.: Editorial Statistics, öÏ/w./ö.wÿ
ÿÿ¨ÿR Negotiation of Social Meaning http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_Umlaut/ A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller The idea of this, often in concert with using Blackletter types (or more often Pseudo-Blackletter), is probably to give the Outline band name a German look and thus indirectly to suggest Concepts & Terms Hitler or the Nazis, a pretty dark theme and as such Functions of Text Design well-ítting to heavy metal. (Typo)graphic Variation as (wÅ. .é. ö..ÿ, .ÿ:ÿÿ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Social Practice Metal_umlaut&oldid=öÏ..öRR) The idea of this, some believe, is to give the band name a “Nazi” German look, often in concert with using Blackletter types (or more often Pseudo-Blackletter). The Nazi/Hitler theme is gloriíed by some heavy metal groups. (wÅ. .é. ö..ÿ, öé:éÿ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Metal_umlaut&oldid=öÏww.ÿÅ)
ÿó¨ÿR Negotiation of Social Meaning http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_Umlaut/ A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller The idea of this, often in concert with using Blackletter types (or more often Pseudo-Blackletter), is probably to give the Outline band name a German look and thus indirectly to suggest Concepts & Terms Hitler or the Nazis, a pretty dark theme and as such Functions of Text Design well-ítting to heavy metal. (Typo)graphic Variation as (wÅ. .é. ö..ÿ, .ÿ:ÿÿ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Social Practice Metal_umlaut&oldid=öÏ..öRR) The idea of this, some believe, is to give the band name a “Nazi” German look, often in concert with using Blackletter types (or more often Pseudo-Blackletter). The Nazi/Hitler theme is gloriíed by some heavy metal groups. (wÅ. .é. ö..ÿ, öé:éÿ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Metal_umlaut&oldid=öÏww.ÿÅ)
ÿó¨ÿR Negotiation of Social Meaning http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_Umlaut/ A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller The use of umlauts is often in concert with using Blackletter Outline types (or more often Pseudo-Blackletter) in band logos, to Concepts & Terms give it a more Gothic feel. Functions of Text Design (ö. .ÿ. ö..ÿ, ö:wö; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= (Typo)graphic Metal_umlaut&oldid=é.ÅÏÏéR) Variation as Social Practice Revision log: [...] removed paragraph on bands “glorifying” Nazi/Hitler iconography; if there are bands that actually use umlauts ANDBlackletter for the Nazi association, please name them. (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metal_umlaut& dié=prev&oldid=é.ÅÏÏéR)
ÿϨÿR Negotiation of Social Meaning http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_Umlaut/ A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller The use of umlauts is often in concert with using Blackletter Outline types (or more often Pseudo-Blackletter) in band logos, to Concepts & Terms give it a more Gothic feel. Functions of Text Design (ö. .ÿ. ö..ÿ, ö:wö; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= (Typo)graphic Metal_umlaut&oldid=é.ÅÏÏéR) Variation as Social Practice Revision log: [...] removed paragraph on bands “glorifying” Nazi/Hitler iconography; if there are bands that actually use umlauts ANDBlackletter for the Nazi association, please name them. (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metal_umlaut& dié=prev&oldid=é.ÅÏÏéR)
ÿϨÿR Negotiation of Social Meaning http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_Umlaut/ A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline Umlauts are often used in concert with a Blackletter or
Concepts & Terms pseudo-Blackletter typeface in the band logo to give it a
Functions of Text more Wagnerian feel. Design (öÅ. .Ï. ö..ÿ, wR:öÏ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= (Typo)graphic Variation as Metal_umlaut&oldid=ÿéwÅóR.) Social Practice Umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface are a form of foreign branding intended to give a band’s logo a tough Germanic feel. (öR. .Ï. ö..ÿ, wé:é.; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Metal_umlaut&oldid=ÿéóÿóÏÏ)
ÿŨÿR Negotiation of Social Meaning http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_Umlaut/ A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
Outline Umlauts are often used in concert with a Blackletter or
Concepts & Terms pseudo-Blackletter typeface in the band logo to give it a
Functions of Text more Wagnerian feel. Design (öÅ. .Ï. ö..ÿ, wR:öÏ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= (Typo)graphic Variation as Metal_umlaut&oldid=ÿéwÅóR.) Social Practice Umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface are a form of foreign branding intended to give a band’s logo a tough Germanic feel. (öR. .Ï. ö..ÿ, wé:é.; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Metal_umlaut&oldid=ÿéóÿóÏÏ)
ÿŨÿR Negotiation of Social Meaning http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_Umlaut/ A Sociolinguistics of Typography Umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface are a Jürgen Spitzmüller form of foreign branding intended to give a band’s logo a Germanic or Nordic “toughness”. It is a form of marketing that
Outline invokes stereotypes of boldness and strength commonly
Concepts & Terms attributed to peoples such as the Vikings. Functions of Text (é. .ÿ. ö..ó, wÏ:óÏ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metal_ Design umlaut&oldid=wwRw.wóé) (Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice The use of umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface is a form of foreign branding intended to give a band’s logo a Teutonic quality. (ÿ. .w.ö..Ï, ..:wÿ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metal_ umlaut&oldid=ééÅÏÿö.w) It is a form of marketing that evokes stereotypes of boldness and strength commonly attributed to ancient north European peoples, such as the Vikings and Goths. (öö. .ÿ.ö..R, öé:wÅ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metal_ umlaut&oldid=öÏóóÿéRé.) ÿϨÿR Negotiation of Social Meaning http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_Umlaut/ A Sociolinguistics of Typography Umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface are a Jürgen Spitzmüller form of foreign branding intended to give a band’s logo a Germanic or Nordic “toughness”. It is a form of marketing that
Outline invokes stereotypes of boldness and strength commonly
Concepts & Terms attributed to peoples such as the Vikings. Functions of Text (é. .ÿ. ö..ó, wÏ:óÏ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metal_ Design umlaut&oldid=wwRw.wóé) (Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice The use of umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface is a form of foreign branding intended to give a band’s logo a Teutonic quality. (ÿ. .w.ö..Ï, ..:wÿ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metal_ umlaut&oldid=ééÅÏÿö.w) It is a form of marketing that evokes stereotypes of boldness and strength commonly attributed to ancient north European peoples, such as the Vikings and Goths. (öö. .ÿ.ö..R, öé:wÅ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metal_ umlaut&oldid=öÏóóÿéRé.) ÿϨÿR Negotiation of Social Meaning http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Metal_Umlaut/ A Sociolinguistics of Typography Umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface are a Jürgen Spitzmüller form of foreign branding intended to give a band’s logo a Germanic or Nordic “toughness”. It is a form of marketing that
Outline invokes stereotypes of boldness and strength commonly
Concepts & Terms attributed to peoples such as the Vikings. Functions of Text (é. .ÿ. ö..ó, wÏ:óÏ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metal_ Design umlaut&oldid=wwRw.wóé) (Typo)graphic Variation as Social Practice The use of umlauts and other diacritics with a blackletter style typeface is a form of foreign branding intended to give a band’s logo a Teutonic quality. (ÿ. .w.ö..Ï, ..:wÿ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metal_ umlaut&oldid=ééÅÏÿö.w) It is a form of marketing that evokes stereotypes of boldness and strength commonly attributed to ancient north European peoples, such as the Vikings and Goths. (öö. .ÿ.ö..R, öé:wÅ; http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metal_ umlaut&oldid=öÏóóÿéRé.) ÿϨÿR Negotiation of Social Meaning http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Umlaut/ A Sociolinguistics of Typography Jürgen Spitzmüller
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Figure öw: Metal Umlaut (September öÏ, ö.wR, wó:.Ï)
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A Sociolinguistics of Typography Fig. w: Hand composition in a US-American state press. Jürgen Spitzmüller http://www.typograíe.info/é/wiki.html/b/bleisatz-réö/ <öÏ/w./ö.wÅ> Fig. ö: Printing plate. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:ö..R-.ÿ-wÏ-noerdlingen-rr-.ó.jpg Figures <öÏ/w./ö.wÅ> References Fig. é: Manual jobbing press, wÏww. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Handtiegelpresse_von_wÏww.jpg <öÏ/w./ö.wÅ> Fig. ÿ: Letters and Clichés <öÏ/w./ö.wÅ>: w. Single letter. http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~aclóö/Ïóö/printing.html (rotated) ö. Multi-graph letter (Ligature <í>). http://www.fontblog.de/wp-content/ uploads/ö.wö/w./Garamond_type_í-ligature_ö.jpeg é. Linotype hot metal line. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Linotype_Gusszeile_-_Type_Slug.jpg (cropped) ÿ. Book print cliché. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Klischees.jpg (cropped) Fig. ó: Xylography (printing plate, Southern Germany wÿÅ.–Åó). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: Woodcut_Saint_Sebastian_woodblock_BM.jpg <öÏ/w./ö.wÅ>
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A Sociolinguistics Fig. Ï: Lithography (Printing plate for champagne label). of Typography https://www.picclickimg.com/d/lÿ../pict/wÏöÏÏ.ÅéÏöÿw_ Jürgen Spitzmüller /antike-Druckplatte-Hoehl-Sekt-Lithographiestein-Steinplatte-Lithostein.jpg <öÏ/w./ö.wÅ>
Figures Fig. Å: Historic Specimen with Cyrillic Blackletter Type Source: https://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/a/ÿÿÅÏé <öÏ/.R/ö.wR> References Fig. Ï: Orthographic Dictionary Duden Deutsche Rechtschreibung. öÿth edn. ö..Ï. http://fmtypograíe.de/bi_dudenw-éóÏRw.html <öÏ/w./ö.wÅ> Fig. R: Obituary? https://schottischefurcheblog.wordpress.com/ö.wÏ/.ÿ/.Ï/r-i-p-fussball/ <öÏ/w./ö.wÅ> Fig. w.: Black letter as stigma I w. Herde – Hirte – Vater – Land. Zurich main station, December ö..Å. ö. Fremdenhass muss aufhören. Banner of the Social Democratic Party Schorndorf, October ö..Ï. http://www.spd-schorndorf.de/index.php?nr=wööÏÏ
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References Fig. ww: Pop-cultural scenes w. Swiss Punk. http://www.swisspunk.ch/welcome.é...html
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A Sociolinguistics ‚ Androutsopoulos, Jannis. ö..ÿ. Typography as a resource of media style: of Typography Cases from music youth culture. In Klimis Mastoridis (ed.), Proceedings of Jürgen Spitzmüller the wst international conference on typography and visual communication, éÏw–éRö. Thessaloniki: University of Macedonia Press. ‚ Assmann,Aleida. wRÏÏ. ‘Opting in’ und ‘opting out’: Konformität und In- Figures dividualität in den poetologischen Debatten der englischen Aufklärung. References In Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (ed.), Stil: Geschichten und Funktionen eines kulturwissenschaftlichen Diskurselements (stw Ïéé), wöÅ–wÿé. Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp. ‚ Blommaert, Jan. ö..ó. Discourse: A critical introduction. (Key Topics in Sociolinguistics). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ‚ Bunčić, Daniel. ö.wÏ. Biscriptality:A sociolinguistic typology. With contribu- tions by Anastasia Antipova, Carmen Brandt,Ekaterina Kislova, Henning Klöter,Alexandra von Lieven, Sandra L. Lippert, Helma Pasch, Achim Rabus, Jürgen Spitzmüller and Constanze Weth. Daniel Bunčić, Sandra L. Lippert & Achim Rabus (eds.). Heidelberg: Winter. ‚ Foucault, Michel. wRRÅ [wRR.]. What is critique? Transl. by Lysa Hochroth & Catherine Porter. With an intro. by John Rajchmann. In Sylvère Lotringer (ed.), The politics of truth, ÿw–Ïö. Los Angeles: Semiotext(e). [Fr. orig. Qu’est-ce que la critique?(Critique et Aufklärung). In Bulletin de la Société française de Philosophie Ïÿ/ö (wRR.), éó–Ïé]. Appendix (óÅ) References (cont.)
A Sociolinguistics ‚ Kempgen, Sebastian & Vittorio Springíeld Tomelleri (eds.). ö.wR. Slavic of Typography alphabets and identities. Vol. wR (Bamberger Beiträge zur Linguistik). Jürgen Spitzmüller Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press. https:// nbn-resolving.org/ html/ urn:nbn:de:bvb:ÿÅé-opusÿ-óÿw.Åw (accessed öó September, ö.wR). ‚ Kress, Gunther & Theo van Leeuwen. wRRÏ. Front pages: (the critical) anal- Figures ysis of newspaper layout. In Allan Bell & Peter Garret (eds.), Approaches to References media discourse, wÏÏ–öwR. Oxford: Blackwell. ‚ Kress, Gunther & Theo van Leeuwen. ö..w. Multimodal discourse: The modes and media of contemporary communication. London: Hodder Education. ‚ Lillis, Theresa. ö.wé. The sociolinguistics of writing.(Edinburgh Sociolin- guistics). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ‚ Schriver, Karen A. wRRÅ. Dynamics in document design:Creating texts for readers.New York et al.: Wiley. ‚ Sebba, Mark. ö..Å. Spelling and society: The culture and politics of orthog- raphy around the world. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ‚ Sebba, Mark. ö..R. Sociolinguistic approaches to writing systems re- search. Writing Systems Research w(w). éó–ÿR. ‚ Spitzmüller, Jürgen. ö..Å. Graphisches Crossing:Eine soziolinguistische Analyse graphostilistischer Variation. Zeitschrift für Germanistische Linguistik éó(é): Schrift – Text –Bild. éRÅ–ÿwÏ. Appendix (óÏ) References (cont.)
A Sociolinguistics ‚ Spitzmüller, Jürgen. ö.wöa. Floating ideologies: Metamorphoses of of Typography graphic “Germanness”. In Alexandra Jaée, Jannis Androutsopoulos, Jürgen Spitzmüller Mark Sebba & Sally Johnson (eds.), Orthography as social action: Scripts, spelling, identity and power (Language and Social Processes é), öóó–öÏÏ. Figures Berlin &Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.
References ‚ Spitzmüller, Jürgen. ö.wöb [ö..Ï]. Typographie. In Dürscheid, Christa: Einführung in die Schriftlinguistik: Mit einem Kapitel zur Typographie von Jürgen Spitzmüller, ÿth, rev. and upd. edn. (UTB éÅÿ.), ö.Å–öéÏ. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. [Orig. in:Christa Dürscheid. Einführung in die Schriftlinguistik. Erweitert um ein Kapitel zur Typographie von Jürgen Spitzmüller (Studienbücher zur Linguistik Ï), ö.Å–öéÏ. érd, rev. and comp. edn. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht]. ‚ Spitzmüller, Jürgen. ö.wé. Graphische Variation als soziale Praxis:Eine soziolinguistische Theorie skripturaler ‘Sichtbarkeit’. (Linguistik – Impulse & Tendenzen óÏ). Berlin &Boston: De Gruyter. [= Habilitation thesis, University of Zurich ö.wö]. ‚ Spitzmüller, Jürgen. ö.wÅ. Schematizing information: The macrotypo- graphic framing of text. In Colleen Cotter & Daniel Perrin (eds.), The Routledge handbook of language and media, ÿÅó–ÿÏÏ. London & New York: Routledge.
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References ‚ Stöckl, Hartmut. ö..ó. Typography: body and dress of a text – a signing mode between language and image. Visual Communication ÿ(ö). ö.ÿ–öwÿ. ‚ Willberg, Hans Peter &Friedrich Forssman. ö..w [wRRR]. Erste Hilfe in Typographie: Ratgeber für Gestaltung mit Schrift. érd edn. Mainz: Hermann Schmidt Verlag. [Orig. Mainz: Hermann Schmidt Verlag].
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