Tangible Type + CODE

Abstract

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.

Contributors

Taekyeom Lee

Yeohyun Ahn

Conference

Publication date: July 2020

Publication date (Print): July 2020

Pages: 239-244

Affiliations

Illinois State University

468 W Beaufort St

Wonsook Kim School of Art

Normal, IL, 61701, USA

University of Wisconsin Madison

6351 Humanities Building

455 North Park Street

Madison, WI, 53706, USA

Article

DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2020.43

Copyright statement: © Lee et al. Published by BCS Learning & Development Ltd. Proceedings of EVA London 2020

License:

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

Product

Product Information: 1477-9358BCS Learning & Development

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Self URI (journal page): https://ewic.bcs.org/

Categories

Series title: Electronic Workshops in Computing