Typography!

Okey. Here we are.
Typography : what is it ?

• architecture of ideas, making of language
• sculpture of experience
• management of letters (!)
• painting with words

Evolution of language.
Reading directions :

• Latin (from left to the right)
• Arabic (from right to the left)
• Chinese (from top to bottom? :)
• Greek (wtf?)

Evolution of typing

• Movable type (c) Gutenberg, 1436
• Digiset (c) Rudolf Hell, 1965

Blackletter - first mechanical type (by Gutenberg)
Verdana - first type for screen (by Matthew Carter)

Terminology :

Classification :

• Old Style - Times New Roman
• Transitional - Buskerville
• Egyptian - Rockwell
• Grostesque - News Gothic
• Geometric - Futura <3

and few photos from today's workshop :

Work hard , folks :D

And here it starts

next step

I made it 98 percent :D

piece of presentation (also available on the blackboard)

stick - discuss - collect for next generation

Wall with our letters

Our typography master




We had a few words, the aim was to choose one and play with it in different ways.



My outcome for the word 'Up' !

Lovely flowers for UP

Thanks for watching!