Notes

LOST AND FONT:
PRINTING PRESS CREATION
Because Gutenberg was a goldsmith, he was able to create durable letter blocks that could be used over and over again. While arranging the letters for each page could take an entire day, the page could then be printed as many times as necessary from that single day’s work.

Gutenberg’s letterforms were based on the Blackletter calligraphy that was used to write manuscripts. The downside was that it limited the amount of text that could fit on a single page, creating longer books that required more time to set up.

saving space by creating simpler words and fonts than BLACKLETTER.
Italics were used to save space on paper.

In 1734, William Caslon created a new typeface style that included more contrast between strokes in each letterform. Now referred to as “Old Style” type, these typefaces made letterforms more distinguishable from one another at a glance, improving readability.

Sans serif type was influenced by block lettering that was commonly used in classical antiquity, in which serifs were minimal or missing entirely. During the early 1800s, Egyptomania took much of the Western world by storm, and both typography and design took cues from Ancient Egyptian art and its blocky lettering style.

The next significant development in sans serif type came 100 years later when Edward Johnston designed the iconic typeface for the London Underground—still in use today.
By the late 1980s, TrueType fonts were created, which allowed for both computer displays and output devices like printers to use a single file. In 1997, OpenType fonts were invented, which allowed both Mac and PC platforms to use a single font file.

In the same year, CSS incorporated the first-ever font styling rules, and the following year, the first support for web fonts was added to Internet Explorer 4 (though they weren’t widely adopted at that time).

Microsoft change default font to APtos from Calibri.
Serif letters are typically seen as more traditional and formal, while sans serif letters are more modern and casual
Recently, the United States Department of State changed its own default font from Times New Roman to Calibri—20 years after first switching from Courier to Times New Roman. Each move sparked at least 36 points of controversy.
You can hire a Forensic Font Detective to confirm if a font is forged or to identify
Companies are rethinking adding self check-out machines because they can be slow, unreliable and might mistake one item for another.

Joe Woodland Ceated the barcode, getting his inspration by running his fingers in a line in sand in miami beach.
Lots of resturanys have adapted to using qr codes to order and see the menu and pay, whivh has been an inconvinience for many.