
Graphic design is a composite of many influences and inspirations. Johannes Gutenberg,
the inventor of movable type, inspired by the beauty of illuminated manuscripts though
cognizant of the need for mass communication, replicated the hand-scribed letterforms
found on sacred religious tracts. Yet he forged old and new into the most revolutionary
technology since the wheel. Gradually, slavish mimicry of hand letters shifted—owing to
the gifts of skilled ...