The medium is half the message: typography, characters & semiotics

Remarkably, although designers read, interpret and create characters day in and day out, typography barely references semiotics, the theory of signs and symbols. In an amusing, richly illustrated presentation chock full of characters, Johannes Bergerhausen ventures into uncharted territory such as palaeography and vexillology. Along the way, he shows us what the ancient Babylonians had in common with Otl Aicher.