Over the last few weeks, I did literature research – the goal was to get an overview of the available resources and based on that decide on one language to start my research journey with. The results showed that there is an extensive amount of books on Chinese typography, which is not surprising, as Mandarin is the second most spoken language on the globe. However, this was not the case for all languages: For example, I barely found any books on Korean typography – the best I could find were short research papers.
In the end I decided to pick a language I have no prior knowledge of and was able to find some books for: Arabic. My next step is to now order a book or two from other libraries and dive into the Arabic language, its history and cultural identity and most important its typography.
