The Hebrew point HOLAM combines in two different ways with the Hebrew letter VAV. In the first combination, known as Holam Male, the VAV is not pronounced as a consonant, and HOLAM and VAV together serve as the vowel associated with the preceding consonant. In the second combination, known as Vav Haluma, the HOLAM is the vowel of a consonantal VAV. In high quality typography Holam Male is disti...

In this paper the interdisciplinary nature of electronic publishing is addressed by raising two issues relating to the content and structure of an electronic publishing course. The first is whether it is possible to agree upon a generic curriculum, based on a set of headings or topics, which may be treated quite differently by those in different disciplines (e.g. typographers, computer scientis...

Most near vision reading charts include the visual acuity values. On the one hand, most reading charts are constructed using the Times New Roman typography. On the other hand, visual acuity is commonly measured with optotypes not with typographies. In this paper, an objective analysis by image processing of the stroke width of some typographies (Times New Roman, Arial, Arial Bold, Sloan and Opt...

This paper suggests a sociolinguistic approach to typographic landscape analysis. Typography is discussed as semiotic resource with meaning-making potential. The argues that variation provides dynamic indexical links social practice. It obtains its ‘social voice’ and becomes an integral part of the context in which it perceived typical able generate particular socially loaded meanings. research...

В рамках статьи обсуждаются типографика знака и типографский дизайн сообщения. Типографика рассматривается как социальный индекс, то есть особого рода прагматическое, социальное значение, возникающее на основе индексальных связей характерного контекста его использования. Значимо, что форма распознается используется в связи с активностью человека социальном контексте изучается типографической ид...