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Map Typography

Map Typography is the academic discipline within cartographic design that focuses on the principles and methods of selecting, arranging, and styling textual elements on maps to ensure clarity, legibility, and visual harmony in spatial communication.

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81

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29

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2017–2026

7

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Typography In Maps

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Publications

43

The Earliest Printed Maps 1472-1500

E. M. J. Campbell, Tony Campbell · Geographical Journal · 1988 · 104 citations

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Five centuries of map printing

Robert C. Kingsbury · Journal of Historical Geography · 1977 · 98 citations

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The Map as an "Idea": The Role of Cartographic Imagery During the Second World War

Alan K. Henrikson · The American Cartographer · 1975 · 88 citations

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Animated Maps of Aggregate Data: Conceptual and Practical Problems

Alan M. MacEachren, David DiBiase · Cartography and Geographic Information Systems · 1991 · 71 citations

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Stylistic Diversity in European State 1 : 50 000 Topographic Maps

Alexander J. Kent, P. Vujakovic · The Cartographic Journal · 2009 · 70 citations

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Authors

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  1. AM
    Alan M. MacEachren

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 109 citations

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  2. JR
    Jonathan Rowell

    Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 132 citations

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  3. RE
    Robert E. Roth

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    3 publications · 104 citations

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  4. RJ
    R. J. Phillips

    University of Leeds, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 29 citations

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  5. SU
    Simon Ungar

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 96 citations

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Institutions

29

  1. University of Surrey

    Guildford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    84 citations

  2. Institute of Geography of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Bratislava, Slovakia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    157 citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    205 citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    104 citations

  5. RMIT University

    Melbourne, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

  6. Anglia Ruskin University

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    97 citations

  7. Masaryk University

    Brno, Czechia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  8. Universidade Federal do Amazonas

    Manaus, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

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Venues

  1. The Cartographic Journal

    10 publications · 264 citations

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  2. Geographical Journal

    6 publications · 271 citations

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  4. Imago Mundi

    2 publications · 28 citations

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  5. British Journal of Visual Impairment

    BJVI · 2 publications · 97 citations

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