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	Codici is the Italian word for codes. The word, in many ways, is descriptive of the contemporary calligraphy research that places emphasis on the visual rather than the verbal message. Texts are generally difficult, or seemingly impossible, to read, making "legibility" in the context of traditional calligraphy or typography a perplexing and controversial issue. Such works, like codes, hold messages. But what are the messages? Can they be discovered or deciphered, or only felt?
			Codici 1 is the first in a series of books (more like journals or notebooks) on modern calligraphy by Thomas Ingmire. The series will attempt to address the questions and explore the many issues related to contemporary calligraphy research. The first notebook draws primarily from Thomas Ingmire's teaching program titled "Moving Towards a 21st-Century Calligraphy." It presents the assignments, support materials, the works created by the students, as well as images and brief discussions of his own recent works that relate to the program.