Typography history

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Research, Reading & Illustrator Designing Recently, we have been learning a lot about Typography and it's origins. In the past I spent most of my AS levels learning about the origins of Fashion, art pieces and other Art related areas. So, I have found these seminars to be quite interesting. After our typography seminars, we were given a two week project to complete over the Christmas holidays I've gone ahead and conducted some research of my own in order to find out a bit more about…

As part of my Color and Typography class, we were required to make a "History of Typography" timeline / infographic with at least eight key events from the development of typography.

The origins of famous typefaces.

From cave paintings to pictographs, language and the median used to communicate it has evolved tremendously over time. Typography has evolved from systems of alphabets that helps to make sense of the world.

A timeline about the history of typography. https://t.co/K5jAXzQhNF #UX @counterspace #CRO

Typography History - Futura in Bauhaus Style.Graphic Design and Multimedia Studio project

This is a poster that represents the Times New Roman typeface. It features the letters and numbers in the font Times New Roman. Additionally this poster also has information about the history of Times New Roman.

A reinterpretation of a traditional timeline. I challenged myself by using only typography and a non-linear organization. Emphasis was given to the typeface design itself, rather than its historical information.

Poster design using the Century Old Style typeface and color.