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Contents

Visual poetry

Dada

Futurism

Constructivism

Bauhaus and De Stijl

Concrete poetry

How to get the most out of this book

Introduction

Kinetic typography and

motion typography

Temporal and transitional

typography

Information landscapes

Novelty value

The borderline between

image and text

Communicative stages

The perception of time-based

information

Intelligibility

Static information and motion

graphics

Towards a defi nition of

virtual typography

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From visual poetry to modern typography

Approaching multimedia

Typography, information and communication

Virtual Typography

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