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1 Typography

2 TYPOGRAPHY The art of type

3 TYPE All the letters (abc), Numbers (123) & characters of the alphabet.

4 MONOTYPE Trade name for hot metal composition system

5 Monotype Corporation Machine Shop

6 Hot Metal Composition

7 FONT Type or letter style

8 VARIATIONS OF TYPE Width of letters: regular, or Weight of letters: light, regular, bold, heavy

9 TYPESTYLE CATEGORIES SERIF: Letters that have feet or tails. SAN SERIF: Letters without feet or tails. SCRIPT: Letters that simulate handwriting (cursive) and/or calligraphy DECORATIVE: Letters that have character, are unique in style.

10 Examples of TYPESTYLE CATEGORIES SERIF Having feet or tails Having feet or tails More examples of SERIF fonts SERIF SERIF SERIF

11 Examples of TYPESTYLE CATEGORIES SAN SERIF or tails Having NO feet or tails More examples of SAN SERIF fonts SAN SERIF SAN SERIF SAN SERIF SAN SERIF Having NO feet

12 Examples of TYPESTYLE CATEGORIES Rule of thumb: When using a Script font, do not write in all capital letters, it is too hard to read. Resembles handwriting, cursive lettering or calligraphy. More examples of SCRIPT fonts Script Script

13 Examples of TYPESTYLE CATEGORIES Fonts that are unique in style and typically only used for headlines, or one word emphasis. More examples of DECORATIVE fonts DECORATIVE DECORATIVE DECORATIVE DECORATIVE

14 POINT Type is measured in points Smallest typographical unit. 1 point = 1/72 of an inch 36 point = ½ of an inch 72 point = 1 inch

15 SPACING TRACKING: Adjusting space between all letters equally. KERNING: Adjusting space between two letters. LEADING: Adjusting space between sentences.

16 BASELINE The line where all letters stand on.

17 Typographical Designers Study all the information in orange of the next few pages

18 Three Famous English Type Designers William Caslon John Baskerville Stanley Morison

19 William Caslon Caslon Font

20 1. William Caslon [English] Engraver, type founder, type designer. The first of a family of English type founders (Caslon I, II, III, IV) 1716: started business in London as an engraver and started a type foundry 1725: sets up his own type foundry, it continued to operate for 200 years. 1734: Caslon s first one-page specimen: 47 of his typefaces Created Caslon font: used for the Declaration of Independence Influenced many contemporary typographers Known style: old style, roman

21 John Baskerville Baskerville Font

22 2. John Baskerville [English] Father of printing in England Skilled engraver of Tombstones Generated Baskerville font, still present today Established a paper mill, printing office and type foundry. Known style: between old style and modern style called ``Transitional'' type Major innovations in printing making a flatter, sturdier bed in press construction printing ink (blacker, opaque, more even, and quicker-drying) papermaking (wove instead of laid) letter design he made changes to the way in which metal type was made, enabling him to produce finer, more delicate lettering than any before him had achieved.

23 Stanley Morison Times New Roman

24 3. Stanley Morison [English] Typographer, type designer : typography consultant to Monotype Corporation* : typography consultant to "The Times" daily newspaper. Created font Times New Roman, still present today 1932: The first issue of "The Times " with font Times New Roman, is printed. Produced some of the most popular text faces of the 20 th century *Montoype: trade name for hot metal composition system, It consists of two units: a keyboard and a casting machine.

25 Famous American Type Designer Morris Benton

26 Morris Benton Franklin Gothic

27 Morris Benton [American] : Type designer for ATF* Developed over 200 alphabets, all of which were published by ATF Leading American type designer *ATF: American Type Foundry conglomeration. It owns the rights to one of the world s greatest libraries of original typefaces, largely directed and created by Morris Benton.

28 Designed by Morris Benton Broadway Hobo Commercial Script New Century School Book

29 COMPARISONS Caslon Font (designed by Caslon) Baskerville Font (designed by Baskerville) Times New Roman (designed by Morrison New Century School Book (designed by Benton

30 Foundries are organizations that manufacture fonts. Some are large companies, while others are just a designer or two. Type foundries have existed since the 1450s, the birth of printing in Europe.

31 If you typed your notes, be sure it is only one page long, to conserve paper and toner. You can make font size smaller or change some of the spacing. Type your name at the top, print and place in your notebook. If you hand wrote your notes place them in your notebook regardless of how long it is. When you are finished with these notes check out the following websites pertaining to typography.

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