Rath, Kyle A.2023-10-202023-10-202022Rath, K.A. 2022, 'Chapter 6 : The typographic sensorium : a cross-modal reading of letterforms', In: Embodiment and the Arts: Views from South Africa Edited by Jenni Lauwrens, pp. 121-151.978-1-7764117-1-9http://hdl.handle.net/2263/93008Anyone living in a post-industrial society consumes and interacts with typography daily, albeit often unconsciously. For many of us, typography primarily is a linguistic or lexical tool; a vehicle by which we can express the content of language – ‘a carrier of words’. Be it on signage, billboards, packaging, a website or digital interface, wayfinding systems or as ink marks on the pages of a book or Kindle, we often gauge the usefulness of a typeface3 in terms of the degree to which it makes written content legible.en© The Editor 2022. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.TypographyLetterformsBook chapter