Towards a semiotics of typography

Information Design Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-155

  Van Leeuwen, Theo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connotation; Distinctive features; Document design; Ideational meaning; Interpersonal meaning; Medium; Mode; Semiotics; Textual meaning; Typography

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249144616     PISSN: 01425471     EISSN: 1569979X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/idj.14.2.06lee     Document Type: Article

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