Typographic Lecture Week 2

History 

Serif
Giambattista Bodoni is considered to create the first modern typefaces.

-Humanistic 
The kind of font that is from Venice, Italy. It is an imitation of the Italian calligraphy. 
It is developed by Nicolas Jenson.

Garaldes font
It was invited by A French typographer.

Transitional font
It is created by a British. 

Didones

Slab-serifs
It was invited because of the industry revolution. 


-Sans-serifs
Humanistic Sans-Serifs
Neoclassic 
Benton
Geometric 


-Others
Scripts
Gothics
graphic 
Glyphics (The kind of font that imitating stone craving)



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