With so many typefaces, large family sizes and a myriad of glyphs, the practice of type design can appear overwhelmingly complex. This presentation will focus on the use of data visualisation to digest (some of) this complexity as well as bridge design and scientific knowledge. Some questions that will be addressed include: What are the most common proportions for text fonts? And how do these relate to our visual system? Ultimately the work aims to make explicit knowledge held within design artifacts and offer a different view on the practice of typography.
Karin von Ompteda
Karin is a designer and researcher based at the Royal College of Art in London. Her work is focused on the integration of scientific and design approaches to typeface legibility, with particular interest in low vision readers. Central to her research is the use of data visualisation to explore design…
