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In this lesson you will learn to be able to recognize the impact of technology on the history of type.
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Citations
Image of crafted book, Public Domain
Image of woodblock, Creative Commons
Image of Calligraphy, Public Domain
Image of Printing Press, Creative Commons
Image of Moveable Type, Creative Commons
Image of Photo Typesetting, Creative Commons
Image of Laser Jet, Creative Commons
Image of Typewriter, Public Domain
Image of Typewriter Type, Public Domain
Image of Formatting Paragraphs, Creative Commons
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/indesign/cs/using/WSa2...
Image of Mac original fonts, Creative Commons
Image of Bitmap Font, Fair Use
Image of TTF Font, by Maria Tucker
Image of OTF Font, by Maria Tucker
Image of Post Script Font, Public Domain
German jeweler and printer, invented the printing press and printed the first book in 1456.
A non-proportional typeface; each character takes up the same amount of space.
A component of Gutenberg's press, individual high relief characters each on their own metal block.
The most recent font file format; OpenType was developed by Adobe Systems and can be used on both Windows and Macintosh computer systems. File extension: .otf.
A font file format developed by Adobe. Postscript fonts consist of 2 files. File extension: .ps.
Letter spacing that compensates for the shape of each character.
A font file format developed by Microsoft. True Type comes in both Windows and Macintosh versions. File extension: .ttf.
