Dictionary Design
Paul Luna’s comments on the design and typesetting of dictionaries
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
A lexicographer’s retreat
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We can’t see the blue plaque, but thanks to Google Earth we’re able to see the house that lexicographer, missionary, and amateur astronomer ...
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Saturday, 13 November 2010
The whole world in your hands
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However elegant this title-page from Christopher Plantin’s press may be, in 1583 it had a hard selling job to do. Nomenclator (‘dictionary’...
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009
Not Just a Pretty Face: The Contribution of Typography to Lexicography
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1. The typographic repertoire Book design is a utilitarian activity. It is intended to serve the reader by making the structure of the autho...
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Monday, 26 January 2009
Laurence Urdang
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The lexicographer who was a pioneer of computerized dictionary typesetting, Laurence Urdang, died recently. Here is his obituary from the N...
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