Chronologies: Type- Production & Distribution - Part 2

  Medinger set out to design a new sans-serif typeface that could compete with the successful Akzidenz-Grotesk in the Swiss market.
-Originally, the name was called "Neue Hass Grotesk", the design of it basically based on Schelter-Grotesk and Haas' Normal Grotesk.
-The aim of the neww design was to create a netural typeface that is clear and easy to read which doesn't has any meaning in its form.

Arial
-Was released 25 years after the original release of Helvetica.
-25 years is the maximum time that a design is protected by intellectual property before it lapses.

Apple

-The first Apple product was introduced on October 15, 1990, it was the first Apple Macintosh to sell for less than US$1,000. 

-By making itself more obvious, typography can illuminate (light) the construction and identity of a page, screen, place, or product.” 

Comic Sans MS

-Is a sans-serif casual script typeface. The modern Comic Sans was designed by Vincent Connare in 1994.

                                      

Emoji                                 

                                   

-People like to use emoji rather than text nowadays because it is easier to understand, you don't have to understand other language but you can still know the meaning.