Wednesday 26 October 2016

Chronologies Type - Production Distribution Part 1

Definitions of typography:

  1. -The art and technique of printing with movable(flexible)
  2. -The composition of printed material from movable type
  3. -The arrangement and appearance of printed matter


-Mesopotamia (specifically, ancient Sumer), 3200 BCE(ish) 


-The first true alphabet was the Greek Alphabet,(adapted from the Phoenician)
-The most widely used alphabet today, is a further development of the Greek. 




  Since typography is a communication method that utilizes a gathering of related subjects and methodologies that includes sociology, linguistics, psychology, aesthetics, etc.





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