Design history

Question 1

Aldus Manutius

Question 2

the first italic font was invented by:

Answer 2

Francesco Griffo

Question 3

Aldus Manutius was a

Answer 3

Italian printer and humanist

Question 4

name three characteristics of Bembo

Answer 4

-well proportioned
-functional serifs
-lack of peculiarities

Question 5

Geoffry Tory invented a typeface called…

Answer 5

champfleury

Question 6

champfleury was based on…

Answer 6

the human face and body

Question 7

Which new typeface made the gothic typeface disappear?

Answer 7

Garamond

Question 8

characteristics of Garamond are:

Answer 8

harmonious and more readable

Question 9

characteristics of imprimerie Royale

Answer 9

-according scientific principles
-constructed on a grid
-no sign of calligraphy
-great metric accuracy

Question 10

who established a measuring system to standardise letter sizes?

Answer 10

Pierre Simon Fournier

Question 11

Who invented the typometer?

Answer 11

Pierre Simon Fournier

Question 12

Which typeface invented was more concerned with layout, large and clean margins, m improvement of printing process and better paper?

Answer 12

Baskerville

Question 13

characteristics of Baskerville typeface:

Answer 13

-clear and elegant
-more contrast between thin and thicker parts
-serif ending in more refined parts

Question 14

characteristics of Bodoni:

Answer 14

-even cleaner than Baskerville
-wide margins and wide spaces

Question 15

who reformulated Fournier’s measuring system? (point system)

Answer 15

Didot

Question 16

when was industrial revolution?

Answer 16

1760-1840

Question 17

who started trend of bold letters, big size letters, poster sizes?

Answer 17

William Caslon (grandfather of industrial revolution)

Question 18

what was the 2nd invention during the industrial revolution?

Answer 18

antiques letterforms
(slab serif or Egyptians)

Question 19

which name belongs to 1815, illusion of 3D typefaces:

Answer 19

Vincent Figgins

Question 20

what was the third typographic invention during the industrial revolution? (1830)

Answer 20

Sans serif type

Question 21

who thought of the name ‘ sans serif’, which was invented by William Caslon?

Answer 21

Vincent Figgins, who invented the 3D typeface

Question 22

wood-type poster (1827) was invented by

Answer 22

Darius Wells

Question 23

when was the Linotype machine perfected?

Answer 23

1886

Question 24

who was a lithographic printer and invented the camera obscura

Answer 24

Joseph niepce

Question 25

when was the first negative image and when the first positive?

Answer 25

negative: 1817, positive: almost ten years later

Question 26

photograms were invented by

Answer 26

Fox Talbot

Question 27

when was the first movable printing press in Europe ?

Answer 27

1439

Question 28

Gutenberg improved the printing press by :

Answer 28

-using molds,
-bronze, movable types
-oil based ink

Question 29

when was paper made?

Answer 29

during the 13th century

Question 30

what was important for the dissemination of pictures?

Answer 30

woodcut (xilogravuras)

Question 31

in which city did Printing and engraving flourish?

Answer 31

Venice

Question 32

when did printing reach the American colonies?

Answer 32

by mid 17th century

Question 33

first typographic invention in industrial revolution?

Answer 33

bold letters, heavy strokes, meant for advertisement