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The History of Typography - Animated Short

The History of Typography - Animated Short

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When an artist allowed her 4-year-old daughter to finish her drawings, something awesome happened Nov 18, 2013 When artist Mica Angela Hendricks got a new sketchbook, she thought it would just be hers, for her own drawings. Her daughter Myla had other plans. When the 4-year-old asked her if she could draw in the book too, Mica told her that she was not allowed. That’s when Myla came back at her with the most classic parenting line ever: “If you can’t share, we might have to take it away.”

Typographer's Glossary Serif: Serif's are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols. A typeface that has serifs is called a serif typeface (or seriffed typeface). Some of the main classifications of Serif type are: Blackletter, Venetian, Garalde, Modern, Slab Serif, Transitional, and Informal. Fonts in each classfication share certain similiar characteristics including the shape or appearance of their serifs. Serif fonts are widely used in traditional printed material such as books and newspapers. List of Font Creation Software Share on Tumblr Below is a list of software that allows you to create and modify a font. Fontlab Studio is a professional font editor for both Windows and Mac OS. It allows you to design typefaces and create or modify fonts and it supports all major outline font formats, including Type1, TrueType, Multiple Master and OpentType. [$649] Font Creator is a shareware TrueType font editor for Windows. It has all the features for you to make new fonts, edit existing fonts and you can also use its advanced import features to make your handwriting font or add signatures, logos and symbols to existing fonts. [$79~299]

History of Western Typography Etymology[edit] Typography (from the Greek roots τύπος typos = "impression" and -γραφία -graphia = "writing"). Medieval design roots[edit] Typography, type-founding and typeface design began as closely related crafts in mid-15th-century Europe with the introduction of movable type printing at the junction of the medieval era and the Renaissance. Hellbox The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000. Houghton Mifflin Company. [1]Fleischman, J (1977). "A Linotypist's Notes: Being an Account of a Brief Apprenticeship in an Obsolete Trade". [2]

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Please view this and create a timeline in your sketchbook that shows the history of typography. by pletchworth Nov 3

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