2.) Today we went over the Renaissance and the movement of typefaces throughout Europe. We also focused on the differences in typefaces from Old Style all the to Modern Typefaces. We discussed influencial people such as Casion, Baskerville, Didot and Bodoni. The modern typefaces seemed to be more machine-like rather than handwritten.
3.) The most important thing I learned today was the distinct differences between each of the styles. It's easy for me to see know how Old Style evolved into the more modern typeface because we actually got to look at and analyze each of the fonts instead of just reading a description from the book.
4.) I can't think of any questions at the moment, but I will update this if I come across any.
It was very helpful to look at the differences between old style and modern. When I look at Caslon and Baskerville's fonts I find them to be very normal and similar at first glance, but after examining them it is much easier to see the differences.
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