Professor of Typography & Graphic Communication at University of Reading
Reading, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Independent governor at Bath Spa University
- Professor of Typography & Graphic Communication at University of Reading
- Past
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- Designer at Oxford University Press
- Education
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- The University of Reading
- Connections
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- Industry
- Design
- Websites
Paul Luna’s Summary
I teach, reseach, and practise in the area of complex book design, especially dictionaries.
Paul Luna’s Specialties:
Recent research/practice has included the redesign of the 5th and 6th editions of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary; design proposals for a major Irish–English dictionary; and (with Nadja Guggi) design proposals for a range of children's dictionaries.
Research and MA students I have supervised have worked on: script integration in Japanese–English dictionaries; design of undergraduate textbooks; little press publlishing in Britain after WW2
Paul Luna’s Experience
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Independent governor
Bath Spa University
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
1999 — Present (9 years)
See http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/services/academic-office/regulations/instrument-articles/02-responsibilities.asp
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Professor of Typography & Graphic Communication
University of Reading
(Design industry)
October 1998 — Present (10 years)
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Designer
Oxford University Press
(Design industry)
1976 — 1998 (22 years)
Paul Luna’s Education
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The University of Reading
BA, Typography & Graphic Commmunication, 1970 — 1974
Additional Information
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Paul Luna’s Interests:
Typography, book design, dictionary design, typeface design, computerized typesetting
Paul Luna’s Contact Settings
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