Type History

This was a nice short writing about the history of typography. I was surprised that the heritage of modern type can only be traced back to 50-120 AD. I thought it would of gone back before that. Although they do reference Egyptian hieroglyphs and Sumerian inscriptions. I was also intrigued to hear that the first printed types were Blackletter faces, medieval or "old english." I am especially fond of these type faces, haha. There is just something about the intricate, ornate capital letters. It also said something about many typographers being abhorred by Helvetica. What? Ever since I started the GD program here at PSU, Ive only heard good things about Helvetica. Its everywhere. Personally, Im not that fond of it either, whatever.