Abstract
Illiteracy is a major of social problems that humanity plaguing, reaching almost 20% of the adult population in the world and more than 10 million people in Brazil. The Brazilian Amazon, according their logistical challenges and geographical features, shows significantly higher numbers in relation to the lack of education, especially for the adult literacy. This thesis, which is entitled: Study of the calligraphic elements' construction in the adult literacy process in Brazilian Amazon, which aims to join forces in the fight to reduce these high rates. The research examines about issue of the little educational material available and applied for adult literacy, studying, specifically, the morphology of the letters. The work aims to study the construction of calligraphic elements and their most appropriate use in the process of adult literacy in the Brazilian Amazon. The methodological approach applied in this study is qualitative character, using also quantitative elements, with an integration of expert opinion, and the use of the technical aspects related to the subject areas, through a compendium of publications based on theoretical and systematized through design. It also important to note the thought teaching line used by Ferreiro and Teberosky (1999), claiming to be the alphabetic system integration between language and reality, corroborating the method of Freire (1990), which consists of everyday use as a source of knowledge in the literacy process. About view formal point, the arguments of Frutiger (2001), Heitlinger (2006) and Montesinos & Hurtuna (2007) brought significant contributions of typography and design, and as a conclusion, the study presents a series of recommendations on the formal calligraphic aspects to be used in the process of adult literacy.