He informed us on the history of typography
- 5000BC cave drawings - record of events
- Egyptian Hieroglyphics - evolved
- Greek script - Rosetta stone covers three stages: Egyptian, Phenetian, Greek
Boustrophidon - writing changing direction
- lasted about 100years
Roman Empire built over around 600years - 100AD
Introduced branding - Trojan column
Said to be the best lettering ever produced - evenly spaced and harmonious
Implanted roman script everywhere they landed so people knew they were in the Roman Empire.
450AD Book of Kels - Original in Dublin written by four people in the Alps - 2 Italians (More flourished) 2 Germans (more precise) - same lettering style.
42 line bible - Gutenberg - industrialized information - helping knowledge spread - original in Bridge Library in London.
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