Saturday, 15 April 2017

Chronologies Type

Chronologies Type

Language is something that is agreed. Type is a visual understanding.

The definition of typography:

The art and technique of printing with movable type.

The composition of printed material from movable type.

The arrangement and appearance of printed matter.

The language was spoken to then created into writing- A record of language.

A whole range of documents: people physically represent it.  Type is speech made visible. Language considered social, political, culture, to create complexity of type.

Typography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form. Type is what languages looks like.

The Rosetta stone- discovered in 1799. This contained Egyptian, Greek writing. The stone produced as an agreement. Language translated through symbols. Greek is close to English.

The Rosetta Stone


An example of Greek writing: communicated through signs. 
Where type originated from 

In 1870s reading was a privilege to a few. It was used firstly for education use. Therefore, this was a selective training.

All that is necessary for any language to exist is an agreement amongst a group of people that one thing will stand for another.

In this sense, the first true alphabet was the Greek alphabet, which was adapted from Phoenician. Latin, the most widely used alphabet today, is a further development of Greek.


Exploring different languages and how shapes formed letters that we use today.
 The history of type



Typography is a communication method that utilizes a gathering of related subjects and methodologies that include sociology, linguistics, psychology, and aesthetics.










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