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Why use typeface?  Form of communication  The power to express words and ideas  Began as carving on tablets and cave walls  Books began as being written.

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2 Why use typeface?  Form of communication  The power to express words and ideas  Began as carving on tablets and cave walls  Books began as being written out by hand  Took time - months  First typeface Blackletter (Gutenberg) was meant to emulate this handwritten style  Thick vertical lines, thin horizontal connectors  Good for scribing, too dense and pushed together for printing

3 Inspired by lettering found on ancient Roman buildings Has serifs (feet) Thick and thin lines Based on straight lines and regular curves. Clear and legible

4 Slanted and stylized version of a typeface Allowed printers to get more letters of the same font on a line = saves $$$$ Now it is used to emphasis certain words or phrases in text. Italics

5 SANS = WITHOUT Without Serifs (no feet) Uniform lines with same thickness

6 Has serifs (feet) Uniform lines with the same thickness

7  Lines are thick and thin  Very formal  Never use all caps! (unreadable)

8  Cursive handwriting  Never use all caps! (Unreadable)

9  All other typestyles  Does not fit into other categories

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12 Assignment o Find the styles of fonts in Newspapers and Magazines (no internet) o Roman, o Sans Serif, o Square Serif, o Text, o Script, o Novelty o Cut them out and tape / paste them to a single organized sheet.


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