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The Ages of the Book International Conference, organized by the Instituto deInvestigaciones Bibliográficas de la Universidad National Autónoma de México(UNAM), the National Library and the National Newspaper Library, takes place everytwo years. The aim of the conference is to bring together specialists from diverse fieldsof study, such as written and printed culture, visual design and communication, editingand the publishing industry, history, literature and new technologies, for discussion ofacademic, scientific, technical and economic issues that will advance our knowledge onthe written word throughout history. The conference will explore the wide range oftraditions and innovations surrounding the composition of texts manifest in distinctperiods and in different regions of the world, from the early production of codicesthrough to present day electronic books.The organizing committee invites abstract submissions on subjects such asepigraphy, calligraphy and paleography, editorial design, typography, printingprocesses, ecdotics, textual and graphic editing, electronic publishing and technologyapplied to editing. Additional topics for consideration are transmission of texts, textualand visual disposition, page design, typography and illustrations in books, text-imagerelationships, ornamentation, initialing, reading styles and methods, use andmanagement of color in the transmission of texts, usability, design and navigation forscreen, e-book interface design and visual ergonomics. The main thematic areas are themanuscript, printed and electronic book.All full papers submissions must be received by March 14th 2014, and will bereviewed by an international committee. Authors will be notified of the results May 6th2014.http://www.actividadesacademicas.iib.unam.mx/index.php/EDL/edl14/schedConf/cfp