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Summary of the History of Type

Ever since the beginning of time people have been trying to communicate with each other with type. This comes in all forms, from the cave paintings of 40.000 B.C to the typefaces that we use to ay. There have been some very important inventors of type over the years, the !hoenicians of ".000 B.C pro uce one of the first alphabets that was wi ely use by sailors # tra ers so it covere many country$s. The %ree&s later refine this by a ing the first vowels. The 'omans then a e more letters to this an move it towar s the alphabet that we all &now to ay. China in the ""th century were instrumental in creating one of the first forms of movable type, this was hampere by the thousan s of characters nee e for this. (n "4)* +ohannes %utenberg invente his system of moveable type , with his %utenberg !ress which brought written an printe wor&s to the masses. The %utenberg Bible complete between "4,0 - "4,. was the boo& that was printe using the %utenberg !ress, an his Blac&letter type face. "4/0 saw the inventor 0icolas +enson create the first (talian esigne typeface, 1+enson 'oman2 this imitates the appearance of han writing an is now referre to as 34l style5. ",00 saw 6l us 7anutius create the first (talic font, he went on to pro uce what is thought to be the first poc&et boo&. This brought print to a much wi er au ience. The ",00s saw the beautiful proportions of the 8rench esigner Clau e %aramon (Adobe Garamond). The "/00s saw a big transition with the 3Roman Typeface of 9illiam Caslon. "/*" was the first of the Modern serif typefaces by Bo oni it has rule serifs an e:treme contrast. 6roun ";"0 printers were trying to ma&e things more noticeable, so 38atface5 was forme , it is an e:aggeration of Bo oni. ";*. saw the 6% typefoun ry create the first popular sans serif font 36cci en<=%rotes&5 which is still wi ely use to ay.

!aul 'enner esigne the Futura font in "*>/, it is base on near perfect circles, s?uares #

triangles, with stro&es of even weight an low in contrast. Linotype Helvetica was intro uce in "*,/, an is still one of the most commonly use typefaces of to ay. 4l style serif,Tra itional Serif, 7o ern Serif, Egyptian # Sans Serif are some of the basic styles of typeface in use to ay, there are new fonts being esigne aily an far to many to mention.

Type has evolve greatly over the years, this is own to new technology so it is a lot easier to create a new font, the 7acintosh computers have been a great help to everyone. There are typefaces to suit every style that you want an if not you can esign one easy enough with the software available to ay. Some of the ol style fonts are still very popular. There is a wi e range of pun&, %runge, Crac&house # 8lyer 8onts out there now an a lot of them are use in the mainstream. Harriet %oren is a well &nown esigner who esigne the 37orire5 font. Some of the well &nown names of the !un&, %runge era are 0eville Bro y an @avi Carson. The !un& 'oc& era of the "*/0s inspire 0eville Bro y an was a heavy influence on his wor&. @avi Carson is accre ite with the5'ay %un5 maga<ine, He is &nown as the %o father of grunge.

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