When we are typing we are entering our text using a particular font, or style of writing. But fonts aren't just fonts, they are "typography" or the art or technique of arranging type in order to make language visible.
Before computers there were typewriters and before that, handwriting. In order to make writing universally legible there needed to be typography.
Watch the video below and answer the questions as comments...
The History of Typography by Ben Barrett-Forrest from Dezeen on Vimeo.
The questions...
- What did you learn about typography?
- Do you remember any of the typography style names? Which was your favorite?
- What did you think about the style of video?
- Did you like the way the video looked and was animate?
- If you saw this video last year, have any of your thoughts or opinions on typography changed? Did something new stand out to you?
Answer these questions in full and complete sentences as a comment below...
i liked the way how they made letters. it was awesome. i liked it a lot.
ReplyDeleteI learned that typography started with one font. My favorite font was Modern. I thought the video was with good animation. If I watched this video a long time ago, I would not have understood it.
ReplyDeletemy favorite typography was gill sans
ReplyDeleteI think it was cool. I really liked it. It was a little funny.
ReplyDeleteI learned that typography stated in the 15th century. Two of the styles is roman and black letter.
ReplyDeleteI like the style they use.
ReplyDeletei did not know that typography mint that.
ReplyDeleteTypography started in the 15th centry
ReplyDeleteI learnd that Yohanes Goodenberg was the creater of typogref.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite typeface was Modern because I liked the thin serifs.
ReplyDeleteMy favorit typography is Yohanis gootenbirg.
ReplyDeleteGotenbearg mead blackletter.
ReplyDeletemy favorite typography was gill sans because they did not have serif
ReplyDeleteI learned that roman style when it printed it looked black
ReplyDeleteOne of them was Black letter.
ReplyDeleteIf i watched that video a long time ago i would have not understand it at all. my favorite font is blackletters.
ReplyDeleteI learned that there were words like old style. Well it was really cool. I really
ReplyDeleteliked how they wrote the words.
I learned that typography started with one typeface that was called Blackletter.
ReplyDeletethe style of he video was based on typography
ReplyDeleteI really liked it a lot.
ReplyDeleteI rember the tip of writing blackleter
ReplyDeleteIf I did not watch the video I would not know the History of Typography
ReplyDeleteReally!!!!!
Deletei thaut it was really cool.
ReplyDeleteI learned that there are tons of different types of type faces.
ReplyDeleteI thought the video had a good style because it was not very complicated.
ReplyDeleteI like the way itailics are.
ReplyDeleteI learned all about different kinds of letters
ReplyDeleteMy favorite typeface is geometric sans.
ReplyDeletethe animation of the video was different typography
ReplyDeleteI leaned that typography started in 15th century. Roman Type, Black type, Modern type and my favorite is Modern Type.
ReplyDeleteI never new typography was a word.
ReplyDeleteI lirnd that thare are so many taps of typography.
ReplyDeletetypography is different fontfs
ReplyDeleteI liked how his hand moved and the words moved.
ReplyDeleteI Iearned about typography roman letter the were made in late 1860.
ReplyDeleteThe different type faces were really cool because they did have serifs or they didn't have serifs
ReplyDeleteI liked the way this video was animate:D
ReplyDeleteMy favrote type face is Elsomone Gootebergs type face the black letter.
ReplyDeleteMy other favorite typography was black letter because they had a lot of lines and serifs and the letters looked really cool and I wonder how he thought of that typeface
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