early pictoral marking still show figure/ground, organization and scale
paleolithic markings- show that they were capable of abstract thought
cuneiform writing- faster way of writing...easily translated into phonetic communication
papyrus allowed for writing to be portable and much more widespread
notice difference from hieroglyphics to phonecian to greek alphabet (and later roman)
unicals
Trajan's column
illuminated manuscripts
insular scripts
incunabuls
Johannes Gutenberg-textura
German influence
typographers: garamond, Didot, Bodoni, Caslon
notice how the economy in the world influences typography (and vice versa)
It is very interesting to me to see the evolution of type. Since the early caveman had ideas that they wanted to express, they would carve it into a wall and still they were able to create something that even today we can understand. Even though a lot of time went by since the early caveman to the invention of moveable type or the creation of fonts like Bodoni and Caslon, it is really astonishing how much type has changed...and how much it might still change in the future. I particularly liked the section on Albercht Durer because I have always found him fascinating. He was really a Renaissance man in the sense that he did everything...and did it well. He was a master engraver, typographer, philosopher etc.
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