fonts and calligraphy

7/31/2019 Fonts and Calligraphy

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Famous

People in the

Font World...


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Johann Gutenberg

He invented fonts

He is famous for printing the bible

He wanted a way to make books look like theywere hand-written but actually printed

His first font (and only font) is unknown, because he did notthink of fonts looking different so he did not make a name


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Susan Kare

First person to make different fonts on Apple in the8Os

She was going to make fonts named after cities inthe suburbs of Philadelphia but Jobs did not like ithe said it had to be more famous cities likeChicago and Venice

She is also a graphic designer


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FamousFonts


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Some people think Papyrus is overused and thereare websites against it

Invented by Chris Costello in 1982

Ancient Egyptians used a plant called papyrus tomake books and paper, the words looked like thisthat is where Papyrus got its name and what it lookslike


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Helvetica

It is the top most used font by graphic designers(the 2-7 are Trajan, Garamond, Futura, Bodoni,Brickham Script Pro, and Frutiger)

Invented in 1957 by Max Miedinger and EduardHoffmann in Munchenstein, Switzerland

Within a decade of its release, Helvetica became the

most well-known and popular font

Helvetica means Swiss in Latin


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Curlz MT

Steve Matteson and Carl Crossgroveinvented Curlz MT in 1995

Like Papyrus, people are against usingCurlz MT

Curlz MTs most unique aspect is its

serifs (the curly parts at different partsof the letters)


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Other


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Font Poll

I made a font poll, here are the results

Favorite Fonts

Bank Gothic

PapyrusComic Sans MS

Times New Roman

Brush Script MT

Arial Black

Wingdings 123

Chalkduster

Lucida Blackletter


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Photo Credits Image: 'quiet study floor http://www.flickr.com/photos/7219533@N02/544401872

Image: 'FF Amman (Latin-Arabic Type System) http://www.flickr.com/photos/31349304@N03/5238743041

Image: 'Helvetica poster Blue http://www.flickr.com/photos/31434619@N07/3427737605

Image: 'Final results for Brothers-Brick.com voting http://www.flickr.com/photos/12426416@N00/2519800308

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GERMANY - CIRCA 1970: stamp printed in Germany shows Johann Gutenberg, circa 1970 Image ID: 89883211

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The letters dont get their

true delight, when done inhaste and discomfort, nor

merely done with diligenceand pain, but first when theyare created with passion

and love- Giambattista Bodoni


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