describe cuneiform writing
early human writing in clay distinguishable by its wedge shaped style
Trajan column
perfectly proportioned capital Roman letters
carolingian miniscule
first standardization of text, capital and lower letter
paper is made from….
plant pul sun dried
heraldry and mon
old version of corporate branding, family symbols
Guttenberg inventions
printing ink, screw press, blackletter, type organization system
8 class of type
black letter, serif, old style, transitional, modern, egyptian, sans-serif, decorative
lithography early process
greasy crayon on stone
Great Type Makers
didot, bodoni, baskerville, caslon
william morris
arts and crafts movement leader
3 major print inventions
big paper roll, rotary press, curved metal ink plate
tou louse le trec
japanese influenced, brought style to french ads
Beggarstaff
pseudonym for j and w beggarstaff, british designers
line o type machine
typed glyphs into machines, rather than setting each one