InfoTypography

Understanding how typographical parameters are perceived and how they can be used to represent information.
A diagram of the different typographical parameters that we studied, using the lettershapes of the word hope as example.
Image of a visualization of an area of southern Vancouver Island, in Western Canada. Over a satellite image of the area, which shows the Saanich peninsula with areas of dense urban population surrounded by the ocean and lush conifer forests there are renderings of the names of the municipalities: Victoria, Saanich, Langoford, Colwood and more. The names are rendered in fonts that are thicker if the population is larger, and have more prominent serifs and higher typographical contrast if the city is older.
The word infotypography rendered in many different weights, widths, contasts etc.

We ran two large studies and the results might be useful to you in different ways depending on who you are. Please select the button below depending on your interests… Who are you?

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♦ Infotypography Research by Johannes Lang (Languste fonts) and Miguel Nacenta (VIXI research group at the University of Victoria) ♦ Download the paper (also here) ♦ Check out the Resources ♦