During our class tine in the computer lab, Mr. Casal showed us a video about the history of typography. After watching this video I learned that typography had its first evolution (evolution, not creation) in the 15th century. Some typefaces are old style by William Caslon I, transitional by John Baskerville, and modern, by Fermin Didot and Giambattista Bodoni. Modern has very thin serifs and a high contrast of thick and thin, transitional has not as thin serifs and a thicker contrast between thick and thin, and old style has thick serifs and a low contrast between thick and thin. And William Caslon IV was so sick of serifs, he got rid of them entirely and called it ‘Serif Sans’. And Helvetica is probably the world”s favorite with simple curves. Friedrich Guttenburg invented blackletter which started typography. I think the style of video was cool because it makes it look like it is moving by itself like the clock in the beginning, and Guttenburg’s hat, and the two gears when he said “During the second Industrial Revolution” , and many more times. Even in the beginning when he touched the paper! And it was also cool when he showed all the pieces in the end.

Here is the video we watched in class:

The History of Typography by Ben Barrett-Forrest from Dezeen on Vimeo.