Given that pictographs and heiroglyphs are now considered “legitimate” writing, how can we rethinkthe relationship between alphabetic script and images? Do web-based interfaces require a new, “visual” literacy?
Certainly pictographs and heiroglyphs always have been legitimate writings, however the pomposity of the scholars studying these so-called primitive writings, disallowed them true understanding of the complexity of what they were viewing. How many times is there just not a word for a certain emotion or experience? Inversely, there is also ambiguity with the realm of the visual; is it a nose or a mountain? Threrefore, the use of letters and words is also necessary to the visual. The use of images can clarify, emphasize, and stir. Using a web-based interface does require a degree of visual esthetic and certainly makes it easy to do so.
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