The Journal of Typographic Research / The Press of Case Western Reserve University

Identifier:REF.SE.1417

Dimensions:4 v. ill. 24 cm

Creation dates:1967

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Typography, Printing, Letterpress printing

Description:The Journal of Typographic Research was published four times a year by The Press of Western Reserve University starting in 1967. It was designed by Jack Stauffacher of Greenwood Press in San Francisco and printed by Great Lakes Lithograph Company. In 1971 the editor, Merold E. Wrolstad changed the name to Visible Language and it currently continues under that name. "The objectives of the Journal of Typographic Research are quite simply stated: to report and to encourage scientific investigation of our alphabetic and related symbols. To attempt further refinement at this time would serve only as an invitation to a host of premature semantic and jurisdictional quibbles. Once underway, the Journal will tend to define its own role, both through editorial direction and as a result of the inevitable interaction with the various related scientific, academic, and artistic disciplines....Perhaps the one thing that makes this journal unique among scholarly publications-- and, we feel, may proves its greatest strength-- is the range and variety of interests with which it will, by definition, come into contact; e.g., pure communications theory, practical application of legibility results, artistic intuition of experimental typographic design. We are, therefore, not going to enter the Science/Humanities/Art controversy over which has the more enlightened approach to Truth!" - Merald E. Wrolstad, The Journal of Typographic Research, Vol. 1 No. 1 1967 "Visible Language has been published continuously since 1967. It began as The Journal of Typographic Research and was published under this title for the first 4 years. The founder and first editor, Dr. Merald Wrolstad, understood that research and scholarly information was essential to the development of communication design and in particular to the development of typography in its support of reading and writing. Understanding the broader implications, he changed the title to Visible Language. In 1987, the journal passed to its second editor Sharon Poggenpohl, who has sought to strengthen the investigation of design research, interdisciplinary thinking and the evolution of digital communication along with its cultural impact.Over its lifetime, the journal has published nearly 900 articles. Starting with a narrow focus on typography, the journal has continued to evolve in response to the changing landscape of communication design."- visiblelanguagejournal.com CBA Holdings Include: Vol. 1 No. 1 January, 1967 Vol. 1 No. 2 April, 1967 Vol. 1 No. 3 July, 1967 Vol. 1 No. 4 October, 1967 Vol. 2 No. 1 January, 1968 Vol. 2 No. 2 April, 1968 Vol. 2, No. 3, July 1968 Vol. 2 No. 4, October 1968