Type is Never Innocent
Variable typeface, Publication/BA Thesis
Writing—one of the oldest social and cultural practices—has always been central to the creation, dissemination, and
archiving of knowledge. Typography does not only establish a visual
hierarchy, it always finds itself in a dialogue with
society.
In German-speaking regions, one historic example
influences design practices to this day: the ideological instrumentalization of brokenscript
typefaces in the context of a
pre- and interwar Nazi-Germany. In my BA Thesis and variable typeface design, I ask: what can we learn from these forms; from these times?
-> Thesis advising: Michele Galluzzo, Franziska Weitgruber
-> Free University of Bozen | Bolzano (unibz) Type is Never Innocent
Variable typeface, Publication/BA Thesis
Writing—one of the oldest social and cultural practices—has always been central to the creation, dissemination, and
archiving of knowledge. Typography does not only establish a visual
hierarchy, it always finds itself in a dialogue with
society.
In German-speaking regions, one historic example
influences design practices to this day: the ideological instrumentalization of brokenscript
typefaces in the context of a
pre- and interwar Nazi-Germany. In my BA Thesis and variable typeface design, I ask: what can we learn from these forms; from these times?
-> Thesis advising: Michele Galluzzo, Franziska Weitgruber
-> Free University of Bozen | Bolzano (unibz)