The title for Visible Language, volume 59, number 3, appears over a dark background with diagrams and other imagery densely layered.

Published: 2025-12-23

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Editorial

Title page for an article with standard journal typesetting.

Word | Image | Space | Materiality | Experience

Jeanne-Louise Moys

iv-v

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Research Article

Typeface samples are arranged in a tabular format, comparing high resolution to low resolution renderings. Text is dummy copy intended to show letterforms, not as content.

Beyond (Type)Face Value: A Systematic Literature Review Examining Design Factors Influencing the Legibility and Readability of Typography

Brian Ho Sang, Dr. Diana Petrarca

262-294

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An alternate version of a Visible Language cover, with details inaccessible at the present scale.

Scripts in Dialogue: Reinterpreting Visible Language Covers through Bilingual Design Workshops in Kuwait

Dr. Muwaffaq Abdulmajid, Faisal Alamhouj

295-325

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A page is set in typography from various sources, looking like a ransom note. The words THERE, FORTY, WOMAN, A RICH, and CREAMY LATHER are visible, but the remaining words, which are legion, are not visible at this scale.

Constructing the Hypertangible Novel: Writing and Design as Process

Berta Ferrer

326-347

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An historic newspaper includes an obscure image of a soldier (perhaps) praying and an angel (of sorts) appearing, amidst all the regular newspaper bid’ness.

Sensational Design: Layout and Typography in the Visual Rhetoric of Information Disorder

Anna Talley

348-378

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Textile ticket depicting the goddess Saraswati, copied from an oil painting by Raja Ravi Varma. While posture and attributes are retained, the image is simplified and anglicized. Designed and printed by B. Taylor and Co., early 20th century. 150 × 210 mm. Reproduced with permission: Centre for Ephemera Studies, University of Reading.

The Visual Language of Textile Tickets in 20th-Century British India: A Collection from B. Taylor and Co.

Ragini Siruguri

379-399

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A university map confounds those who consult it.

Augmented Reality for Campus Wayfinding: Enhancing Navigation Efficiency and Student Social Engagement — A Case Study of Leeds University Union

Jingru Ma, Yuchan Zhang

400-431

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Invited Article

A spread from a book shows its age in yellowed discoloration, with a striking composition of lettering carved out of marble in strips from separate sources.

Professor James Mosley, a Memoir

Eric Kindel

432-438

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The late Professor Michael Twyman smiles at an 80th birthday celebration for his colleague James Mosley in 2015. Photograph by Paul Luna.

Professor Michael Twyman

Sue Walker

439-443

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