History Of Typography
Before type people would print either by chiseling, brushing or writing via pen or pencil. The history and development of typography started with early printers (people who could write), who essentially were typographers.
The first independent typographer was Claude Garamond, Claude was the first to make a variety of type available to printers. Garamond's type was based on Griffo, a roman font. The development of typography was a long process, and there were many times when the progression of typography was almost non-existent. One of the weakest periods for type development was between the 16th and 17th century. At this time many newsprints, fliers, and advertisments contained muxes of size fonts and styles on a single page.
Moveable type was invented in Europe around 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg. Although the invention of moveable typography was an undertaking, no one knows exactly how long it took. Moveable typography was done with the casting of each individual letter, symbol and punctuation. This meant that they all had to be individually cut into steel by hand. After each letter symbol and punctuation was cut they could then be assembled and re-assmbled to create various words.
Before type people would print either by chiseling, brushing or writing via pen or pencil. The history and development of typography started with early printers (people who could write), who essentially were typographers.
The first independent typographer was Claude Garamond, Claude was the first to make a variety of type available to printers. Garamond's type was based on Griffo, a roman font. The development of typography was a long process, and there were many times when the progression of typography was almost non-existent. One of the weakest periods for type development was between the 16th and 17th century. At this time many newsprints, fliers, and advertisments contained muxes of size fonts and styles on a single page.
Moveable type was invented in Europe around 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg. Although the invention of moveable typography was an undertaking, no one knows exactly how long it took. Moveable typography was done with the casting of each individual letter, symbol and punctuation. This meant that they all had to be individually cut into steel by hand. After each letter symbol and punctuation was cut they could then be assembled and re-assmbled to create various words.
