OUGD505: Typography Workshop 1

OUGD505
TYPOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

Worked in industry for 10 years

Hand set type
Letraset
Photosetting

1982 first time worked with computer for typography

Page maker

Revolution of type- Gutenberg press 1452 

Before, all books were hand written by monks

After anyone with differing opinions could publish a book, this caused a social revolution.

Over the past 20 years a new revolution has taken place, because of the internet. The internet enables everyone to get their message across virtually for free.

We were first asked to create a

William Massey

Classification of type:

Lino type

Old face

Transitional

Modern face

Slab serif

Decorative and display

Script and brush

Black letter and broken

Description:

Catherine Dixon

Source

-Decorative pictorial

-Handwritten

-Roman

-Nineteenth century vernacular

Formal attributes

-Construction

-Shape

-Proportions

-Modelling

-Weight

-Termination

-Key characters

-Decoration

Pattern

All typeface on computer are made for print, because we are used to them, much like the use of black letter and the Gutenberg press.

Kitchen fitter