HISTORY OF FONTS TYPOGRAPHY

HISTORY OF FONTS TYPOGRAPHY History of Fonts Typography A piece of cast metal type , Garamond style  long s / I  ligature. See also: movable type. Modern typographers view typography as a craft with a very long history tracing its origins back to the first punches and die used to make seals and coinage currency in ancient times. The basic elements of typography are at least as old as civilization and the earliest writing systems-a series of key developments that were eventually drawn together into one systematic craft. While woodblock printi…