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Typography Tuesday

KAREL TEIGE

Presented here are the typographic photomontage designs by Czech avant-garde artist, writer, and designer Karel Teige (1900-1951) for the 24-poem sequence Abeceda (Prague, 1926) by his friend Vítězslav Nezval (1900-1958), featuring dancer Milča Mayerová (1901-1977). All were members of the Czech avant-garde group Devětsil (1926-1930). These images are reproduced in ABZ, edited by Julian Rothenstein and Mel Gooding, and published in San Francisco by Chronicle Books in 2003 (an earlier edition was published by Shambhala in 1993 as Alphabets & Other Signs).

Teige's designs are a demonstration of his Constructivist aim to create a new "optical language, a system of signs capable of embodying words in graphic figures." They are a manifestation of what László Moholy-Nagy had called for in his influential 1925 Bauhaus book Painting, Photography, Film -- the dynamic combination of photographic image and lettering he termed "typofoto."

View our other Typography Tuesday posts.

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Auditory alphabet | Image composition on typography – experiemtal alphabet | infographic about project | 2019

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[learn-serbian-blog1]

Serbian alphabet (CYRILLIC AND LATIN)

А а (A a)

Б б (B b)

В в (V v)

Г г (G g)

Д д (D d)

Ђ ђ (Đ đ)

Е е (E e)

Ж ж (Ž ž)

З з (Z z)

И и (I i)

Ј ј (J j)

К к (K k)

Л л (L l)

Љ љ (Lj lj)

М м (M m)

Н н (N n)

Њ њ (Nj nj)

О о (O o)

П п (P p)

Р р (R r)

С с (S s)

Т т (T t)

Ћ ћ (Ć ć)

Ч ч (Č č)

Џ џ (Dž dž)

Ш ш (Š š)

The Serbian alphabet (абецеда/abeceda) had 30 letters, 5 or 6 vowels (r can sometimes be used as one) and 25 consonants. 

As the saying goes, every letter is pronounced as it is written. A is pronounced as if you’re yelling out “Ah” and B is a dull sound, like the b in “bullet”. To prevent this post from getting too long, here’s a song that clearly pronounces all of the letters (I couldn’t find an adult version of any of these songs! Sorry!)

Serbians used to have a cyrillic alphabet similar to current Eastern alphabets. It was then re-done by a man named Vuk Karadžić (x) who decided that the letters were to hard to pronounce (essentially, he was the one who made the alphabet be pronounced as it is written). 

Notes/Tips: Listen to Serbian speakers and watch how they pronounce things. Basically, study their language closely! Here’s a video that blew up here of an American singing Serbian songs; Her pronunciation is amazing for someone who only recently started learning it. (1 / 2 / 3)

[krcmelound]

Nepopulární názor, ale „O“ by v abecedě mělo být pozdějc, než je. Třeba někde u S. To je vše, děkuji...

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Auditory alphabet – experimental alphabet

Auditory alphabet | Image composition on typography – experiemtal alphabet | animation | 2019

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Viscum Album: Abeceda

Viscum Album: Abeceda performativní prezentace publikace 25. 9. 2020 LITR - veletrh autorských a uměleckých publikací, Olomouc Viscum Album: (c) merry, Tereza Darmovzalová, Martin Fišr, Vladimír Havlík, Martin Mazanec řidič a scéna: Jan Tomšů video (c) Alexandr Jančík Publikace Viscum Album: Abeceda byla vydána v listopadu 2019 v limitované sérii 19ti signovaných sběratelských kusů.

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Save 50% today only with code “ALPHABET” ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Abeceda by Nejc Prah⁣ Available at www.draw-down.com⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Abeceda is Slovenian for “alphabet.” In this publication, graphic designer Nejc Prah presents 38 letterforms (and one intentional blank space) to create a compact alphabet reader—from A to Ž.⁣ ⁣⁣ #Abeceda #NejcPrah #Alphabet #GraphicDesign #Typography #TypefaceDesign #DrawDownBooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CCLr0MeHybw/?igshid=104j4cgz1b79o