Historical developments in Typefaces

Whole class task - From the list below, each learner will each be assigned two typefaces to research. Findings will be presented to the group and collated to create a timeline of historical developments in typefaces.

• 1450 Guttenberg’s 42 Line Bible Textura• 1469 Nicolas Jenson’s Roman• 1501 Francesco Griffo’s Italic• 1528 Claude Garamond’s Roman• 1702 Philippe Grandjean’s Roman du Roi • 1754 John Baskerville’s Roman• 1784 Firmin Didot’s Roman• 1816 William Caslon IV’s Sans Serif• 1817 Vincent Figgins Antique• 1820 Robert Thorne’s Fat Face• 1917 Edward Johnston’s Railway Sans• 1927 Paul Renner’s Futura• 1932 Stanley Morison’s Times New Roman• 1953 Roger Excoffon’s Mistral• 1957 Max Miedinger’s Helvetica• 1984 Chicago: First Apple Computers Font• 1990 P. Scott Makela’s Dead History• 2000 Tobias Frere-Jones’s Gotham

TEXT SHOULD USE THE GIVEN FONT AND DESIGN SHOULD BE IN KEEPING WITH

THE STYLE OF FONT

Research to be presented as an A3 poster