Stone Serif, created by Sumner Stone, is a typeface with an unmatched ability to be used on a variety of outputs, from small sizes on economical, everyday printers, to imagesetters used for high quality printing of glossy magazines or newsletters. This typeface, which a part of a larger type family, or a “super family,” is classified as a serif typeface. Prior to its creation in 1987 at Adobe Systems, personal computers were slowly, but surely, becoming more mainstream. With this booming invention, the first glimpse at the desire for typography became apparent, and Sumner Stone was in the right place. Stone, a previous Hallmark card lettering artist, eventually landed a career in Adobe Systems, leading to him becoming the first Director of Typography in the company. With this, he went on to create his first type family, ITC Stone, which was broken down into multiple other styles and subfamilies, such as Stone Serif, Stone Sans, and Stone Informal. Sumner Stone remarked that the inspiration to create a superfamily such as ITC Stone stemmed from the need to seamlessly mix differing type styles on a …show more content…
He attended Reed College in Portland where he studied calligraphy and sociology, gaining a particular interest in letterforms and their significance. He views analog letter design as a meditative activity which was brought on by his realization of the importance of letters and their ability to express our abilities to speak, or even think. A key aspect of his design process specifically, is his desire to physically draw each letter shape on paper. In fact, as a new employee at Adobe, he immediately insisted on having a drawing board in his office to ensure his design process was done properly, and without computers. Overall, Stone believes in the importance of creating new type designs, rather than merely reformatting
The printing press was, arguably, the most impactful invention in history. Created by Johannes Gutenberg, the printing press are sets of metal letters set in a frame that could be inked, papered and pressed. The printing press affected the fast and wide spread of new ideas changing everyday life. The Protestant Reformation was a movement that changed people’s mind about Catholic belief and created new sects of Christianity. The Exploration Era led to many discoveries of the Americas and opened up the curiosity of many. Both of these historical events were important consequences of the printing press. The Exploration Era was the more important consequence of the printing press than the Protestant Reformation.
By being educated at a young age in literacy, I included it in my pottery and also working for newspaper companies strengthened my form of expression. Working in the South Carolina Republican and then later on The Edgefield Hive as a typesetter, it was a good experience helping my literacy skills but I didn’t feel fully indulged. I did it because I had to but also to learn. By understand typography, I was able to understand the science of the anatomy of type. They taught me the use of size, spacing, and placement of typography in order to show hierarchy, direction and attraction. I became to understanding that type is a collective of shapes and strokes. Master Abner 's newspaper did not get a lot of publicity and hit a crisis, which led him to cease publication of the newspapers. Master Abner then moved to Columbia, South Carolina, in 1832. He decided to leave me back in Edgefield and...
Concordia University, in response to an assignment proposed by Nathalie Dumont’s Dart 280 class. I devoted a month of work to this project in February of 2014. The assignment was called Helvetica No More in which we were asked to create a poster for Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer’s typographic talk at the Design Lecture Series at Concordia University. The lecture was on the overuse of the typeface Helvetica and how design is meant to be created to explore new ideas. The poster that I produced illustrates breaking the norm of
This new technology is not without its shortcomings. First, the printing press used limited materials. Next, as Mumford notes, the advent of print led calligraphers and manuscript copyists out of work. Furthermore, as Graff finds, it created “typographical fixity”—material once printed cannot be changed. Finally, mass production was dependent and limited to large markets (Mumford, 95)....
The origin of this font can be traced back to the 1920’s when a German typeface designer, Paul Renner, created it. A German professor of the Bauhaus school, Jakob Erbar created the first geometric sans-serif typeface. It was designed for pure functionality, which was based on a circle, square and triangle. After this, Renner decided to improve on the typeface and improved it to be the font we know today.
Monuments are effective models of triumph and serve to pay respect to moments of sacrifice for the greater good. Many aspects complicate the seemingly simple idea of paying homage to a historic event or person. When creating a monument to memorialize such things, there are many important factors, some of which being public interest, location, and historical controversy. This thesis can be supported with Documents B, F, and
6. McLuhan, Marshall. The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man. [Toronto]: University of Toronto Press, 1962.
Monuments are meant to honor moments of great achievement and pay homage to deep sacrifice. It allows people to remember historical achievements and other famous people in history. There are many factors people should consider in memorializing an event or person and in creating a monument. Such as, the location, size, and what monument is being created. This is a big factor because some monuments are offensive to others depending on what is being memorialized. Memorializing people or events is complex and the considerations in planning should be heavily examined.
Typeface designer Adrian Frutiger was an exceptional designer who created some of today’s most used typefaces. Born 1928 in Interlaken, Switzerland. Frutiger is a well-versed designer who has worked in photographic and digital typesetting as well as designing typeface. He got his start by age 16 as a printer’s apprentice, and, after that, furthered his education at the Zurich School of Arts and Crafts. From 1948 to 1951 he studied sculpture and design, but his primary focus was calligraphy. After schooling, he worked for Deberny & Peignot in 1952. Frutiger has built a legacy that has changed the world of type. In his lifetime he has designed more than one hundred and seventy typefaces, many which have
...echnology permitted these demands to be met at an unprecedented rate. As a result, the 19th century was an inventive and prolific period for new typeface designs, ranging from new categories such as Egyptians and sans serif to fanciful and outrageous novelty styles.
Drawing heavily on Johnston’s work, Gill first experimented with his so called ‘improvements’ in 1926 when he hand-painted lettering for a bookshop sign in his hometown, Bristol.2 Typefaces he designed included the following: Perpetua in 1925, Gill Sans Serif in 1927, Joanna in 1930, and Bunyan, designed in 1934, but recut for machine use and renamed Pilgrim in 1953. Gill was made an associate of the Royal Academy in 1937 and of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1938. His books include Christianity and Art in 1927, Work and Property in 1937, and Autobiography in 1940. Today over two dozen Gill Sans designs are available digitally, with mainstream reach thanks to its inclusion on Mac OS X and Microsoft Office. It can be seen everywhere, used (and/or overused) on everything from corporate logos to movie posters—one industry that has actually embraced the unusual Ultra
The world of typography is so diverse with so many different typefaces that continue to contribute to so many different needs for print and digital purposes. Each typeface contributes to the overall beauty of typography that plays a very silent significant role in the world of design. There are typefaces that are only for one purpose while there are other typefaces that offer multiple purposes. One specific typeface in particular , Futura is highly rated with it’s great versatility, it’s modern and simplistic appearance. However, as popular as the typeface is, not too many designers and people with an interest in typography are not aware of the deeper detail inside it’s world.
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McLuhan, M. The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1962.
Everyone is a part of a community. Most people are a part of multiple communities. A community is a group of people that have a commonality. Sometimes it is based on where you live, hobbies, goals, etc. I believe that communities are created unconsciously and are connected to someone’s identity, especially when a person is considered a part of multiple communities. Sometimes, a person may connect very well with their community. Sometimes, a person may feel very distant from their community. In the movie, “English Vinglish”, the main character, Sashi, shows examples on how communities are created through commonalities, and the acculturation theory. Sashi was a part of multiple communities. A few communities included her, her Daughter’s school,