Design history Flashcards
Aldus Manutius
the first italic font was invented by:
Francesco Griffo
Aldus Manutius was a
Italian printer and humanist
name three characteristics of Bembo
-well proportioned
-functional serifs
-lack of peculiarities
Geoffry Tory invented a typeface called…
champfleury
champfleury was based on…
the human face and body
Which new typeface made the gothic typeface disappear?
Garamond
characteristics of Garamond are:
harmonious and more readable
characteristics of imprimerie Royale
-according scientific principles
-constructed on a grid
-no sign of calligraphy
-great metric accuracy
who established a measuring system to standardise letter sizes?
Pierre Simon Fournier
Who invented the typometer?
Pierre Simon Fournier
Which typeface invented was more concerned with layout, large and clean margins, m improvement of printing process and better paper?
Baskerville
characteristics of Baskerville typeface:
-clear and elegant
-more contrast between thin and thicker parts
-serif ending in more refined parts
characteristics of Bodoni:
-even cleaner than Baskerville
-wide margins and wide spaces
who reformulated Fournier’s measuring system? (point system)
Didot
when was industrial revolution?
1760-1840
who started trend of bold letters, big size letters, poster sizes?
William Caslon (grandfather of industrial revolution)
what was the 2nd invention during the industrial revolution?
antiques letterforms
(slab serif or Egyptians)
which name belongs to 1815, illusion of 3D typefaces:
Vincent Figgins
what was the third typographic invention during the industrial revolution? (1830)
Sans serif type
who thought of the name ‘ sans serif’, which was invented by William Caslon?
Vincent Figgins, who invented the 3D typeface
wood-type poster (1827) was invented by
Darius Wells
when was the Linotype machine perfected?
1886
who was a lithographic printer and invented the camera obscura
Joseph niepce
