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WRITINGS, MIRROR OF MEN AND SOCIETIES

WRITINGS, MIRROR OF MEN AND SOCIETIES

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Taking the most diverse paths, scriptural forms are never the products of chance. Spurting out of both body and mind, writing is the expression of man's thought. 

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The work (abundantly illustrated and reading like a fascinating novel) develops an idea that the author has been reflecting on and verifying for ages: the evolution of writing through millennia and cultures does not so much come from the invention of new tracing tools or supports, but on the contrary is the result, the "mirror" of dreams, anxieties, political systems (permissive or authoritarian) of men and societies. New forms of writing and new tools then followed. Mandel also developed one of his theses that had been developed over a long period of time: that of the filiation of medieval Gothic characters with sans serif typefaces (Arial, Helvetica...): the same logic of mechanical geometry of forms and "cadence" as those of the Gothic traditions. This book is a real treat, it shakes up our habits of good typographic thinking. We come out of it refreshed!

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  • Title : writings, mirror of men and societies
  • Author(s) : Ladislas Mandel
  • Publisher(s) : atelier perrousseaux
  • Nb of pages: 240 pages
  • Format: 22 x 22
  • Cover: paperback
  • Weight: 900 g

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