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TI:	Title Tipografia y cartografia/Typography and cartography
AU:	Author Arnold, Felix
SO:	Source tipoGráfica, vol. 19, pt. 5, no. 69, pp. 8-15, Dec. 2005-March 2006
SA:	Subject/Artist Typography and Type Design; Maps; Switzerland; Arnold, Felix
AB:	Abstract Swiss typographer Felix Arnold looks at typography in the context of map-making, highlighting the potential for new creative input by typographers. The article contains a brief history of lettering for cartography, comments on the currently available cartographic fonts, and delineates the differences between cartographic and text composition. Arnold specifies nine criteria that cartographic typefaces should meet and then discusses the merits of Cisalpin, a font created specifically for cartography.
FE:	Feature 2 illus. (1 colour) + 17 maps, + 8 figs, bibliog
LA:	Language Spanish; English
PY:	Publication Year 2006
PT:	Publication Type Article
UD:	Update 20060303
AN:	Accession Number 00413025

A browsable index is an alphabetical listing of terms used in a specific field of a database. You can browse this list to see, for example, the names of journals indexed in Design and Applied Arts Index. Browsable Indexes are available for the following fields:
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The following field codes are used and searchable in the records currently being added to this database. Here they are listed in alphabetical order by two-letter code. For further information on these fields, see the DAAI: Design and Applied Arts Index Database Guide.

AB = Abstract
AN = Accession Number
AU = Author
FE = Features
IS = ISSN
JI = Journal Issue
JN = Journal Name
JP = Journal Pages
JS = Journal Supplement
JV = Journal Volume
KW = Keywords
LA = Language
PT = Publication Type
PY = Publication Year
SA = Subject/Artist
SL = Summary Language
SO = Source
TI = Title
UD = Update


Features , FE=
Indicates the number and in some cases type of illustrations (e.g. floorplans) in the article, and whether the article includes a bibliography or biographical panel.

Keywords, KW= A keyword search searches the Title, Abstract, and Subject/Artist fields.

Journal Issue, JI=
Journal Name, JN=
Journal Pages, JP=
Journal Supplement, JS=
Journal Volume, JV=
These fields all display in records as part of the Source (SO) field.

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