We looked at the beginnings of typography and the first typefaces (complete alphabet of letters, numbers and symbols). The first written alphabet was the Phoenician but it had no vowels.
The Greek alphabet was the source for all scripts generating in Europe. We looked at the development of different typefaces such as: Venetian Antiqua, Uncial, Humanist and Gothic.
There are 2 main groups of typeface.
1. Serif – has decorative elements.
2. Sans-Serif – no decorative elements (such as Arial, usually a more modern typeface.)
The most important thing to consider when choosing a typeface is it’s readability. This is made up of:
- line-spacing
- column setup
- scrolling
- word spacing
- character spacing
