Imprint and Trace
Handwriting in the Age of Technology
Distributed for Reaktion Books
Translated by Anthony Mathews
365 pages
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80 halftones
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5 1/2 x 8 1/2
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© 2011
- Contents
Table of Contents

Contents
. . . before Aleph
Introduction: Manus ex machina
Before a Stele
1 Exergue: Imprint and Trace
Before a Line
2 Preamble: Scribing On
Before a Cookery Book
3 Prolegomenon: Writing and Technology
Before a Photograph
4 Fore-Word: A Distance, However Close
Before a Hand
5 The Screen Saver: Screen-Writing and Hand-Saving
Before a Postcard
6 The Diary: Anne Frank versus Kujau-Hitler
Before a Grave
7 Tattooing: Performing Perforation
Before a Wall
8 Graffiti: Passages of Writing
Paralipomena: This Side of Writing
After Omega
References
Bibliography
Introduction: Manus ex machina
Before a Stele
1 Exergue: Imprint and Trace
Before a Line
2 Preamble: Scribing On
Before a Cookery Book
3 Prolegomenon: Writing and Technology
Before a Photograph
4 Fore-Word: A Distance, However Close
Before a Hand
5 The Screen Saver: Screen-Writing and Hand-Saving
Before a Postcard
6 The Diary: Anne Frank versus Kujau-Hitler
Before a Grave
7 Tattooing: Performing Perforation
Before a Wall
8 Graffiti: Passages of Writing
Paralipomena: This Side of Writing
After Omega
References
Bibliography
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