GCM 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Phototypesetting, Offset Printing, Letterpress Printing
25 Apr 2016
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Printing is a form of graphic communications where it reproduces images that can be seen visually. Earliest attempt at visual record was 30,000 years ago. 1041: chinese scribe, pi-sheng developed first movable type system for printing from clay. 1440: gutenberg introduced printing with ink on paper, using movable cast metal type mounted on a converted wine press. Before this invention, books were handwritten by scribes. The chinese invented ink for printing using lampblack. Our common typefaces are imitations of early handwritten letters. The first books in europe were printed in gothic type letters and were designed to copy. Jenson based his typefaces on letters from manuscript books by venetian monks the letters used by religious scribes in germany (gutenberg) Early roman inscriptions used letters in the form of modern upper case alphabet. Romans invented the serif and thus serif types are called roman. Rustica was used for for informal writing.
