Typography, The Real World ! The objective of my dissertation is, primarily, that of showing the differences between legibility and clarity, as characteristics of a typographical character. Secondly, of analysing the techniques with which technology has changed the way text components and other families of typographical characters are laid out, by moving and superimposing them, thus turning a printed page into a graphical page. "Baseline", a British magazine specialised in typography, represents an excellent example of the use of these techniques. During the last few years, typographers such as Neville Brody, David Siegel, John Wozencroft and others, have changed and created new characters which give a graphical sign to the content of a text. This new approach makes a page vaguely resembles the precious miniatures of the "amanuensi" (middle-age calligraphers). Next