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From ancient practice to contemporary children’s books, the endeavor to form text into image is found throughout the Archive.

Shaped Text: An Aesthetic Whole | Letterform Archive Skip to main menu Skip to main content Skip to footer content August 31, 2018 Collections Shaped Text: An Aesthetic Whole From ancient practice to contemporary children’s books, the endeavor to form text into image is found throughout the Archive. Christoph Weigel, Schreib-Kunst , 1716. In a limited edition publication from 1963 entitled Eccentric Typography and Other Diversions in the Graphic Arts , Walter Hart Blumenthal laments the lack of resources exploring shaped text, or what he calls pictoral typography, contour typography, and shape

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