Tangible Type  +  CODE

Language is a way of human communication. Visual language is a system of communication using visual elements. It is a visual representation of the written language. Tangible TYPE + CODE is a collaboration with two distinctive projects, the TYPE + CODE series, by Yeohyun Ahn, and Tangible Type , by Taekyeom Lee. The TYPE + CODE series explores the expressive aesthetic of computational typography. Tangible Type extends typography to perceptible typography with physical touch, which is one of the human senses, by using digital fabrication. It suggests another linguistic experience beyond spoken, written, and visual languages. The design process accomplishes artistic expression, construction technique, and materiality. It results in expressive, dimensional, textural, and touchable types. Tangible Type + CODE enhances the direct experiences of typography from written and visual communication to tangible communication by computation and digital fabrication. It is applicable as a learning tool for children to acquire a written language through a form play that is engaging, playable, and touchable.

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Taekyeom Lee

Yeohyun Ahn

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Publication date: July 2020

Publication date (Print): July 2020

Pages: 239-244

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[0001]Illinois State University

468 W Beaufort St

Wonsook Kim School of Art

Normal, IL, 61701, USA

[0002]University of Wisconsin Madison

6351 Humanities Building

455 North Park Street

Madison, WI, 53706, USA

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2020.43

SO-VID: 1d95149e-5cd9-4ec5-8edc-aa1a622c4557

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Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2020

Conference acronym: EVA 2020

Conference number: 30

Conference location: London

Conference date: 6th July – 9th July 2020

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: AI and the Arts: Artificial Imagination

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Product Information: 1477-9358BCS Learning & Development

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M Fulkerson 2015 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/touch 17 March 2020
E JohnstonN Rooke 1994 Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering A & C Black London
R. S Madsen 2016 Rule Based Typography http://printingcode.runemadsen.com/lecture-typography 17 March 2020
P. B MeggsA. W Purvis 2016 Meggs' History of Graphic Design Wiley Hoboken, New Jersey
J. A Miller 1997 Dimensional Typography: Case Studies on the Shape of Letters in Virtual Environments Princeton Architectural Press Hudson, New York
E LuptonA Lipps 2018 The Senses: Design beyond Vision Princeton Architectural Press Hudson, New York
G Unger 2018 Theory of Type Design Nai010 Uitgevers Rotterdam

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[1] M Fulkerson 2015 Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/touch 17 March 2020

[2] E JohnstonN Rooke 1994 Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering A & C Black London

[3] R. S Madsen 2016 Rule Based Typography http://printingcode.runemadsen.com/lecture-typography 17 March 2020

[4] P. B MeggsA. W Purvis 2016 Meggs' History of Graphic Design Wiley Hoboken, New Jersey

[5] J. A Miller 1997 Dimensional Typography: Case Studies on the Shape of Letters in Virtual Environments Princeton Architectural Press Hudson, New York

[6] E LuptonA Lipps 2018 The Senses: Design beyond Vision Princeton Architectural Press Hudson, New York

[7] G Unger 2018 Theory of Type Design Nai010 Uitgevers Rotterdam

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