Michael Twyman
List of John Benjamins publications for which Michael Twyman plays a role.
Articles
1996 Lectures manuscrites: School books designed to give children experience in reading handwriting Information Design Journal 8:3, pp. 244–257 | Article
This paper provides evidence for an approach to the teaching of reading in the mid nineteenth century that gave children practice in reading handwritten texts. It focuses on two French readers that were originally published in Paris around 1840. In both publications passages of text appear in… read more
1994 The design of bibliographies: observations, references and examples Information Design Journal 7:3, pp. 253–259 | Review
1981 The graphic presentation of language Information Design Journal 3:1, pp. 2–22 | Article
This paper draws attention to the 'language element' of graphic communication. It is argued that we need better tools for thinking about this and related matters; models are proposed which draw attention to general issues and aim to help break down barriers between different means of production. It… read more