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This example that I found interesting during our library visit has some very unique characteristics. The page is portioned out to find the center for the type to be placed properly on the page and the guide lines are still … Continue reading →

I think that the example that I chose has the presence that it does because not only is the normal letter itself different from a general serif font like times new roman, but it also creates a more medieval atmosphere … Continue reading →

I thought this leaf from a book was interesting because of all the care that this page has seen. The calligraphy is very uniform and the x-height of the lowercase letters is remarkably even. There are no ascenders or descenders … Continue reading →

This san serif font printed on an air circus advertisement in the 1920’s caught my eye.  The simplicity of the letters follow the theme of the poster, which is to catch the attention and make it easy to read.  The … Continue reading →

I thought all the different type faces we looked at in the library were very interesting. One that I specifically picked out was from a text from Bertha S. Goudy: First Lady of Printing. The title is a decorative serif … Continue reading →

The letter C in Queery Leary Nonsense. When looking through the texts in MASC, the book, Queery Leary Nonsense (1911) caught my attention. This book was interesting as the content was handwritten and drawn. The style of this book was fun and … Continue reading →

This sample of typeface from the book Printing of To-day features a very curvy and decorated cursive style that has both uppercase and lowercase letters. The simpler letters, such as m, r, t, and v, are contain small serifs while … Continue reading →

After the advent of movable type in the 15 century by Johannes Gutenberg, the production of books and other written text was quickly produced and lead to cheaper reproduction of written work. Once introduced to the gridded cases of movable type … Continue reading →

The graphic I decided to choose from Marian Bantje’s collection had to do with typefaces, seeing that our next project is directly related to this concept. I thought that by emerging myself to different styles of typefaces/calligraphy would force me … Continue reading →