Good news for fellow typography lovers in Indonesia, the latest offering from DGI Press of Desain Grafis Indonesia is now available for all of you, and it is a book called “Kamus Visual Tipografi” by Nikko Purnama Lukman. This visual dictionary of typography contains hundreds of typography terms. It is presented in visual to help the designers, students, and anyone who wants to understand more in detail about typography. Typography plays a crucial factor in graphic design. Understanding toward typography affect the success of a layout in visual communication. As a science, typography continues to evolve with the development of graphic design practice itself. This book answers everything that is related to the world of typography. Designed and developed as a final project, this book was awarded as the Best Final Project at the prestigious event, TUAI in 2010. For those of you who are willing to purchase “Kamus Visual Tipografi” book by Nikko Purnama Lukman, it is available now online via DGI Press with retail price of IDR 185.000. Not to forget, “Kamus Visual Tipografi” and its writer will also attend to a number of universities in Greater Jakarta. On that occasion, Nikko Purnama Lukman will present and share about typography in details.
The big idea behind the identity of DGI is very simple. Indonesia Graphic Design is a part of the international graphic design scene. The approach of ligature between “DG” representing Desain Grafis or Graphic Design in general and “i” representing Indonesia in specific, explains the unification in a very unique way. Why is unique? The shape of ligature or single glyph joined from the serif typeface of those three letters defines a cultural Indonesian Javanese graphic style (curved circle) that used to be applied for every most important of decoration included the symbol of Ancient Javanese Kingdom in the city of Yogyakarta. Most people in Indonesia will see the single glyph as part of ethnic decoration but now, more than that, it is also a function representing the unification of the three letters. The distinctive DGI Identity is transformed to five design elements that express the flexibility representing the diversity of Indonesia as the world’s largest archipelago. The five elements are inspired from highlights of Indonesia heritage spots, such as Ubud in Bali, Borobudur in Java, Jakarta the busy capital of Indonesia, Sentani in West New Guinea, and Parakan as one of the very authentic Javanese village in Central Java.