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  • Transforming type: New directions in kinetic typography

Brownie, Barbara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4101-1326, 2014, Book, Transforming type: New directions in kinetic typography Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780857856333

Abstract or Description:

Transforming Type examines kinetic or moving type in a range of fields including film credits, television idents, interactive poetry and motion graphics. As the screen increasingly imitates the properties of real-life environments, typographic sequences are able to present letters that are active and reactive. These environments invite new discussions about the difference between motion and change, global and local transformation, and the relationship between word and image.

In this illuminating study, Barbara Brownie explores the ways in which letterforms transform on screen, and the consequences of such transformations. Drawing on examples including Kyle Cooper's title sequence design, kinetic poetry and MPC's idents for the UK's Channel 4, she differentiates motion from other kinds of kineticism, with particular emphasis on the transformation of letterforms into other forms and objects, through construction, parallax and metamorphosis. She proposes that each of these kinetic behaviours requires us to revisit existing assumptions about the nature of alphabetic forms and the spaces in which they are found.

Official URL: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/transforming-type-97...
Subjects: Creative Arts and Design > W200 Design studies > W210 Graphic Design > W211 Typography
Creative Arts and Design > W200 Design studies > W210 Graphic Design > W212 Multimedia Design
Creative Arts and Design > W600 Cinematics and Photography > W610 Moving Image Techniques
School or Centre: School of Communication
Uncontrolled Keywords: typography; film; branding; credit sequences; semiotics
Date Deposited: 09 Nov 2022 16:33
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2022 16:33
URI: https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/5196
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