TyPoGrApHy

Typography is an important role in graphic design, typography kick started when Gutenberg started to develop typefaces yet it goes back to the first writings in calligraphy which were used in old manuscripts as it was the base of type design as it shows clearly that the evolvement of endless variety in design started since the early recordings of letterforms.

typography involves a lot of work in graphic design where one has to appropriately use a typeface on his work space i.e. in a poster, book covers, newspaper advertisement, websites, magazines and other visual materials.

As I have mentioned before in this post, typography goes back to the dark ages where in Ireland there were monks who created the illuminated manuscript which is a highly designed bible. This book consists of borders, illustrations and on top of all highly decorated initials but far most important these striking manuscripts were decorated in gold and silver.

Looking through the cultural lens of manuscripts, there are even Islamic calligraphy. The earliest calligraphy found is the decorated manuscripts in the Quran (muslims bible). Sadly enough, this is the only manifest that represents art in islam. These scribes were done by an employer in this sector called ‘Kuffi’ and used to build up these scribbles in black ink and gold. The difference between the illuminated manuscripts and Islamic manusripts is that the decoration of margins and other graphics were added after to ornate the book, yet the illuminated manuscripts art was forgotten (not produced anymore) after certain ammout of years and the Islamic calliagraphy gave a kick start to a new alphabet which instead of the angled lines they started to curve their letters.

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