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https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-proc-1-9-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-proc-1-9-2018
16 May 2018
 | 16 May 2018

Designing typefaces for maps. A protocol of tests.

Sébastien Biniek, Guillaume Touya, Gilles Rouffineau, and Thomas Huot-Marchand

Keywords: Typography, Fonts, Topographic maps

Abstract. The text management in map design is a topic generally linked to placement and composition issues. Whereas the type design issue is rarely addressed or at least only partially. Moreover the typefaces especially designed for maps are rare. This paper presents a protocol of tests to evaluate characters for digital topographic maps and fonts that were designed for the screen through the use of geographical information systems using this protocol. It was launched by the Atelier National de Recherche Typographique Research (ANRT, located in Nancy, France) and took place over his ‘post-master’ course in 2013. The purpose is to isolate different issues inherent to text in a topographic map: map background, nonlinear text placement and toponymic hierarchies. Further research is necessary to improve this kind of approach.

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