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<p><i>Visible Language</i> is an American journal presenting visual communication research. Founded in 1967 as <i>The Journal of Typographical Research</i> by Merald Wrolstad, occasional <i>Visible Language</i> issues are co-edited with a guest editor-author. </p><p>The journal was founded with the primary tenet of the journal being that reading and writing together form a new, separate, and autonomous language system. The journal has evolved to focus on research in visual communication. The journal has covered the subject of <a href="/facts/Concrete_poetry/kENSGtD8">concrete poetry</a>, the <a href="/facts/Fluxus/VLUon7y1">Fluxus</a> art movement, painted text, <a href="/facts/Textual_criticism/CR37mw8m">textual criticism</a>, the abstraction of symbols, <a href="/facts/Articulatory_synthesis/mUrUf8jR">articulatory synthesis</a> and text, and the evolution of the page from print to on-screen display. Guest editor-authors have included <a href="/facts/Colin_Banks/r1Sjg11u">Colin Banks</a>, <a href="/facts/John_Cage/L8UuNbIY">John Cage</a>, <a href="/facts/Adrian_Frutiger/T9349q8q">Adrian Frutiger</a>, <a href="/facts/Dick_Higgins/23LHwxFR">Dick Higgins</a>, <a href="/facts/Richard_Kostelanetz/zm2B1980">Richard Kostelanetz</a>, <a href="/facts/Craig_J_Saper/NebItlNo">Craig Saper</a>, and <a href="/facts/George_Steiner/CQLIhUby">George Steiner</a>. </p><p>The journal was edited for 26 years (1987–2012) by <a href="/facts/Sharon_Poggenpohl/4A4Tnbyc">Sharon Poggenpohl</a> of the <a href="/facts/Illinois_Institute_of_Technology/0ndIXaKQ">Illinois Institute of Technology's</a> <a href="/facts/IIT_Institute_of_Design/EXwzLSCV">Institute of Design</a>, with administrative offices at the <a href="/facts/Rhode_Island_School_of_Design/r1DNJ1jk">Rhode Island School of Design</a>. It is currently edited by Mike Zender of the University of Cincinnati, which publishes and provides administrative offices for the journal. </p> <ul><li><i>Visible Language</i>. Vol. 36.2, edited by Praima Chayutsahakij. 2002.</li></ul>