The Solid Form of Language

A new book by Robert Bringhurst has been announced on the ATypI website, news section “The Solid Form of Language: An Essay on Writing and Meaning.” Gaspereau Press, $19.95 Can.

“Drop a word in the ocean of meaning and concentric ripples form. To define a single word means to try to catch those ripples. No one’s hands are fast enough.” With this concise and broadly informative essay, renowned poet, typographer and linguist Robert Bringhurst presents a brief history of writing and a new means of classifying and understanding the relationship between script and meaning.

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1 Commentaires "The Solid Form of Language"

  1. This is a writer who weaves concepts, thoughts, statements of fact and analogy seamlessly, yet powerfully…with a magic that transcends earth bound influence.

    Truly a shaman, par excellence.
    No writer living today embodies the breadth, depth or scope of linquistic mastery/clarity/wisdom; or unveils such musciality in expression.

    Truly a genius in our midst: designer, essayist,historian,poet scholar/educator/lecturer/linquist.
    international award winner.

    MDD
    Principal, Slivers & Shards
    writer, educator/tutor
    mairin h d dooley — Apr 10, 20:44