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German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / Design
German term or phrase:Schriftschreiben
Uni-Modulbeschreibung zum Thema typografisches Gestalten:
"...Schriftgeschichte; SchriftgestalterInnen; Schriftschreiben und Schriftsetzen"
Andere Quellen etwa: "Mein erstes Geld verdiente ich als Schriftsetzerlehrling und in der Berufsschule lernte ich das vorbildliche Schriftschreiben mit Feder und Tusche." Jedoch bin ich mir hier nicht 100% sicher, ob es wirklich das gleiche ist.
Vielleicht kennt jemand die Verwendung im Englischen oder weiß mehr darüber.
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Obviously you mentioned this first, MichAlt, but here are some useful links to confirm your thoughts.
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"Schriftgestalter" in the original context seems to cover people who design calligraphic scripts/scripts for handwriting as well as type designers. So maybe the whole thing could be: history of writing, calligraphic script and type designers, handwriting and typesetting
Thanks for the swift answers! I like "calligraphy".
I used "history of writing; type designers" for the first two.
There is not too much context here as it's one of those bad uni texts just listing things. The whole paragraph reads: "Schriftgeschichte; SchriftgestalterInnen; Schriftschreiben und Schriftsetzen; Zusammenhang zwischen Werkzeugen,Technologien, Medien und Schriftformentwicklung; Gestaltungsraster, Ordnung und Gliederung; Text-Bild-Beziehungen, Schriftgestalten in Grundlagen; Grundlagen der Lesbarkeit; Schriftklassifikationen; Typografie als „Botschaft“; Schrift und Farbe; Print versus Screen; Haptik von Papier"
Schriftschreiben often refers to joined-up writing, the second form of handwriting taught in schools (after children have learned to print), and possibly revised once more by budding typesetters, as in your second source. In the first context, though, I think "calligraphy and typesetting" would probably be a legitimate translation of the last two concepts. What have you done with the first two? And could we have some more context, what comes before and after this line?
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