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MMA 215 Typography & Layout Fall 2025
Spring 2024, Revital Kaisar
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MMA 215 Typography & Layout Fall 2025
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History Lectures Week 2

Brief History of Type

Lecture Presentation

Type_Lecture

Source: Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton

Letterpress printing

Johannes Gutenberg invented the letterpress printing technique in the mid-15th century in Germany. It remained the form of printing through the 19th century, and was still in wide use until the second half of the 20th century.

Reading assignment

Chapter 1 in Exploring Typography.

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