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Influence of Technology

Author: mario fierro-hernandez
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Terms to Know
Johannes Gutenburg

German jeweler and printer who invented the printing press and printed the first book in 1456.

Monospaced Type

A non-proportional typeface; each character takes up the same amount of space.
 

Movable Type

A component of Gutenberg's press; individual high relief characters each on their own metal block.

OpenType

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.
 

PostScript Type 1

A font file format developed by Adobe; PostScript fonts consist of two files. File extension: .ps.

Proportional Type Spacing

Letter spacing that compensates for the shape of each character.

TrueType

A font file format developed by Microsoft; TrueType comes in both Windows and Macintosh versions. File extension: .ttf.