Elijah Moyd 

MMA215

Fun History of Type: This video is about the history of type and the way we read throughout history. I learned a lot about the evolution of type starting with Ancient Egypt to current times. It was really interesting knowing that we started off from drawings to communicate one another to letters what we know today. Especially the process of finding a way people can read books with ease which is why digital reading is more popular today because it involves fonts that are easy to read such as Veranda and digital screens being more useful reading on paper. 

A brief History of Type: This informative video talks about the short history of type. The video gives insight from different time periods and how type (or forms of communication involving type) started evolving and the impact it produced to the world. Impacts like the Renaissance, Reformation, and the numerous world events. The video made me also learn about the origin of creating easier to read typefaces starting from the difficulties to read Gutenberg work causing numerous typographers to emerge and impact the world. For instance, Nicholas Jenson created an easy to read font but also the first Roman face based on human characteristics. I also learned the evolution of creating and displaying fonts from numerous technologies like the Linotype, Monotype, Metal types (the mergenthaler linotype), and computers which led to more creative and modern typefaces.