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Paper Outline :: Abby Rutt :: October 12, 2011
The History of Typography: Hand Lettering Rediscovered
Introduction
History
Caligraphic History
Western calligraphy
Tools and techniques
Historical developments
Influences
Eastern Asian calligraphy
Names, tools and techniques
Historical evolution
Influences
South Asian Calligraphy
Indian calligraphy
Nepalese calligraphy
Tibetan calligraphy
Islamic calligraphy
Persian calligraphy
Other isolated calligraphies
Mayan Glyphs
Graffiti
Typographic History
Medieval design roots
Classical revival
Transition from humanistic minuscule to roman type
Development of roman type
Italic type
Renaissance Germany and Switzerland
16th century France
De Colines, Estienne, and Augereau
Garamond
Robert Granjon
Transition to modern type: 17th and 18th century
Fell types
Caslon
Fleischmann
Baskerville
Modern romans
19th and 20th century typography
Industrialization
Hot type and phototypesetting in the 20th century
Art nouveau and New Book Art
Modern Day
Trending Lettering artists and samples of their work
Hand-lettering artist interviews
Tools
Techniques, their individual methods
Their inspiration & influences
Creating Typefaces
Font file types
OTF
Pros vs Cons
TTF
Pros vs Cons
Other types
Pros and cons of typefaces being so easy to make
What all is included
Beyond the basics
Ligatures
Glyphs
File preparation
Conclusion