Logotype

Japanese: logotype
Logotype

... In recent years, calligraphy in the advertising world has tended to be more popular with lettering designers than with calligraphers, as it is full of movement and variety. This is due to the difference in the writer's sense of purpose, and it can be said that calligraphy in the future will change to one that makes use of design sensibility. (3) Logotype A design in which characters such as a company name or product name are combined into one mass. In printing terms, a logotype is a design in which several characters are cast into a single piece of type, that is, a type that expresses a meaning. From this, the term lettering has evolved to refer to a design in which two or more characters are combined. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "logotype" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 最近の広告界におけるカリグラフィーは,書家が書いたものよりレタリングデザイナーが書いた作品の方が動きや変化に富み喜ばれる傾向があり,これは書き手の目的意識の相違からくるもので,これからのカリグラフィーはデザイン感覚を生かしたものに変わりつつあるといえよう。(3)ロゴタイプlogotype 社名や品名などの文字を一つの塊としてデザインしたものをいう。印刷用語としては1本の活字の中に何文字かを鋳込んだものをロゴタイプ,すなわち〈意味を表す活字〉と呼び,それから派生してレタリング用語として2字以上の文字を組み合わせてデザインしたものをいうようになった。…

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