Re: galam, horoof

shahrzad wrote:

>
> hi,
> i am shahrzad from iran, i study graphics in iran.
> my final projest is: relations amonge letters and meening. ana i
> supposed to research about new typographer too.
> i wondered to find nevil brody articles oe anything of fuse but i
> found nothing.
> a'm intrested in
> paola sher woeks too, and phillipe apolouge...
> could any one help me?
> afcourse i'm supposed to talk about the history of alphabet too, and i
> have some sources but i want to khow what a western man says about it?
> thank all of you.

Question 1: There is no relation between individual letters and meaning.

Question 2: Here in the West, very little information about
Arabic/Persian/Islamic typography is available. But computer graphics
have greatly influenced Islamic lettering (calligraphy that is not
_written_ with a pen).

Question 3: I have seen Persian books on the history of the alphabet
even in American university libraries, so you do have something to start
with!

Do you have the Encyclopaedia Britannica? A paper copy in a library
would be better, but the DVD-ROM version has the text, but not all the
illustrations, and its articles are quite good. There is also an online
version that you can subscribe to.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...