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This is a 10 page paper discussing the evolution of typography and graphic design from a historical perspective and the recent advent of computer-aided design. Typography and graphic design have gone through a great deal of evolution since the introduction of the first printing press in the 15th century. Since that time, typography has been impacted greatly by the industrial revolution, the introduction of photocomposition and most recently, computer technology. In each revolutionary step, designers have maintained certain styles and formats while at the same time developed new and exciting aspects of the trade. The recent computer-aided design (CAD) applications which have been introduced have allowed graphic designers to not only develop new types of fonts, styles and logos at their desktop but have also expanded their responsibilities to include not only traditional design but the responsibilities previously of the typesetters themselves in addition to being the main designers for the market involving printed materials and graphics used in advertising, inter-active media and web design.
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15th century. Since that time, typography has been impacted greatly by the industrial revolution, the introduction of photocomposition and most recently, computer technology. In each revolutionary step, designers have maintained
certain styles and formats while at the same time developed new and exciting aspects of the trade. The recent computer-aided design (CAD) applications which have been introduced have allowed graphic
designers to not only develop new types of fonts, styles and logos at their desktop but have also expanded their responsibilities to include not only traditional design but the responsibilities
previously of the typesetters themselves in addition to being the main designers for the market involving printed materials and graphics used in advertising, inter-active media and web design. History of
Typography In the history of typography, there has been described as being four revolutions, namely: Gutenberg and the impact of printing from 1450-1480; the Industrial Revolution from 1870-1950 with the
introduction of steam, line-casting and automated punch-cutting; photocomposition from 1950-1985; and, digital or computer-based typesetters and technology from 1985 to the present (Phinney, 2002). i). Johannes Gutenberg and the
Printing Press Prior to Johannes Gutenberg developing movable type in order to mass produce printed material, books were produced by scribes, primarily in
monasteries at first and then moving into the market later in the 12th century. Because of the long and laborious process of this, the development of large collections was rare.
The Gutenberg Bible was massed produced by Fust and Schoeffer in Mainz using a process which remained unchanged for centuries (Phinney, 2002). Gutenbergs process involved the development of a punch
made of steel in which a mirror image of the letters was stuck into a piece of softer metal into which metal is poured to make type. This type in
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