Johannes Gutenberg made radical improvements in the printing press and introduced the concept of the Blackletter typeface. The Blackletter typeface (also sometimes referred to as Gothic, Fraktur or Old English) was used in the Guthenburg Bible, one of the first books printed in Europe. This style of typeface is recognizable by its dramatic thin and thick strokes; and in some fonts, the elaborate swirls on the serifs. Blackletter typefaces are based on early manuscript lettering.Gutenberg’s invention of printing is without doubt one of the most important in history because it allowed common people to share the knowledge that had been in the hands of a select few for a millennia. Johannes GutenbergGeneral anatomy of German Blackletter typefaceBut since the blackletter fonts were not clearly visible in a body of text the roman typefaces emerged in 15th century.
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Romain du roi Free Download. Past 3 months. This font is free for a personnal use.????All commercial uses are forbidden.???? If you want to use this font. The Romain du Roi (French for 'King's roman') was a typeface developed in France beginning in 1692. The name refers to Louis XIV who commissioned the.
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Nicolas Jenson was the one to create Jenson typeface. Jenson acted as Master of the French Royal Mint at Tours, and is credited with being the creator of one of the finest early Roman type faces. The Jenson family of typefaces were very clear and legible as compared to the blackletter of Gutenberg as they were based on straight lines and regular curves. Jenson Eusebius typefaceWhile Gutenberg used blackletters for his bible and books, this change signaled a new era in typefaces used for printing. Blackletters are difficult to read as body text and Roman and Italic faces were easier to print with movable type.
For these reasons, in the 1500’s, blackletter became less popular for printing in many countries except Germany and the German speaking countries. Gutenberg BibleThe typefaces are chronologically and stylistically categorised into three main categories:. Old Style. Transitional Style. Modern StyleOLD STYLE Thick serifs with low contrast between strokesOld Style typefaces are generally used in newspapers. They resemble writing in ink. Serifs are bracketed.
Examples of Old Style typefaces include Jenson Eusebius, Bembo, Garamond Anatomy of old style typeface The axis of symmetry is diagonal as seen in the imageThe type designed for the book, called Bembo, was even more readable and harmonious than similar ones produced by Jenson. Its refined proportions allow the eye to flow smoothly across the page. Along with Jenson-Eusebius, Bembo is the basis for the group of roman types called “Old Style”, which grouped are distinguished by their understated contrast, bracketed serifs, and diagonal stress.GARAMONDAnother important old typeface is Garamond, which is a group of many old-style serif typefaces, named for sixteenth-century Parisian engraver (generally spelled as Garamont in his lifetime). Garamond-style typefaces are popular and often used, particularly for printing body text and books.Source: Wikipedia TRANSITIONAL STYLE Thinner serifs with high contrast between strokesIn the 17th century, a time when the Old Roman Style faces had established across much of Europe, there was continuing typographic development, resulting in a new class of typefaces called “Transitional”. Transitional typefaces are a mix between Old Style and Modern typefaces. Examples include Baskerville, Georgia, and Times New Roman.
A Variable Future?If you’ve gotten this far, you’re probably wondering what else can be added to this already packed and dense timeline? Curiously, our window to the future is simultaneously connected to years gone by.In the early 1990s Adobe expanded their PostScript technology with the addition of Multiple master fonts, or MM fonts, which contained two or more font styles that could be manipulated in terms of size, width or thickness without a loss of overall quality of readability.
Slovic – variable font by FontfabricFast forward to now when morphing is back in vogue, and not only on our page either — in 2016 Adobe teamed up with Apple, Google and Microsoft to update the OpenType specifications so they allow for variable fonts. Windows 10 was the first operating system to include one as a default option (Bahnschrift), and the Adobe Creative Cloud supports an ever-increasing selection as well.
In 2018 we also joined the fray by releasing, a variable font with five morphing interpretations, ranging from an ornate Old Church Slavonic type to a more contemporary sans serif. Click the image to download.
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