Illegibility project
Description
Illegibility — the Dichotomy of Function and Form in Graphic Design on the Basis of Typography and Lettering Design. This work examines how legibility has had a significant influence on the development of contemporary social communication. Due to the functional character of the letter, the aspect of legibility is a basic requirement for the realisation of the superior function of text, which is to convey content. For centuries, however, the letter has been entangled in a relationship between the message it carries and its visual representation, which when read, satisfies the aesthetic needs of the recipient – between form and function. The glyph is therefore an embodied compromise between the established system of meanings, knowledge about perceptual processes, technique and technology, the prevailing style or fashion, as well as the author’s individual expression. These factors determine the form of the text, directly translating into the reception of the encoded message.
