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Design Fundamentals: Notes on Type
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Design Fundamentals: Notes on Type

by Rose Gonnella, Christopher Navetta, Max Friedman
October 2015
Beginner
216 pages
4h 57m
English
Peachpit Press
Content preview from Design Fundamentals: Notes on Type
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Mr. Baskerville Mrs. Eaves
A Subtle Transition
1720 CE
England. William Caslon releases his design,
an Old Style typeface. Much admired
into present, the typeface has seen many
adaptations. See: Adobe Caslon (1990).
18th CEntu ry CE
A new age, known as the Enlightenment, brings
with it further renement and changes to
typeface design, transitioning from older roman
styles (Caslon) to Modern styles that have an
exquisitely delicate and sophisticated visual
characteristic of contrasting thick-thin strokes.
C. 1702 CE
In France, Philippe Grandjean is the
punchcutter for Romain du Roi, a Transitional
style typeface marking a form between older
styles ...
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