Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes ProCon History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
typography
Table of Contents
References & Edit History Related Topics
Images & Videos
Morison, Stanley: Times New Roman sample book presented to Maximilian I Japanese typefaces typeface nomenclature roman typefaces italic typeface Gutenberg Bible early roman face types italic typeface William Caxton's Cicero Desenectute
For Students
Bodoni type
typography summary
Discover
New York NY/ USA- November 23, 2018 Hordes of shoppers throng the Macy's Herald Square flagship store in New York looking for bargains on the day after Thanksgiving, Black Friday.
Why Is It Called Black Friday?
A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England
Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?
Iraqi Army Soldiers from the 9th Mechanized Division learning to operate and maintain M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks at Besmaya Combat Training Center, Baghdad, Iraq, 2011. Military training. Iraq war. U.S. Army
8 Deadliest Wars of the 21st Century
Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that
America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)
Santa Claus flying in his sleigh, christmas, reindeer
Was Santa Claus a Real Person?

typography: Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/typography
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos and Videos

Morison, Stanley: Times New Roman sample
book presented to Maximilian I
Japanese typefaces
typeface nomenclature
roman typefaces
italic typeface
Gutenberg Bible
early roman face types
italic typeface
William Caxton's Cicero Desenectute
Hear Maria Amidu talk about the techniques used for making a banner in 2015 celebrating the 1628 Petition of Right which was sent to Charles I
See All Videos and Images →

Related Topics and References

Topics

Key People

El Lissitzky cover
El Lissitzky
Russian artist
Jan Tschichold
German typographer and author
Times New Roman
Stanley Morison
English typographer
A legendary graphic designer
Milton Glaser
American graphic designer and illustrator
Fell, portrait by Sir Peter Lely; in the City Art Gallery, Bristol, county of Avon
John Fell
English educator, priest, and author
Bodoni, engraving
Giambattista Bodoni
Italian printer
Giovanni Mardersteig
Italian printer
Walker, Emery: Brooks's in the Olden Time
Sir Emery Walker
English printer
William Caslon
English printer
Christophe Plantin
French printer
Bruce Rogers
American typographer
Goudy, Frederic W.
Frederic W. Goudy
American printer and typographer
Sir Francis Meynell
English designer
John Baskerville
English printer
W.A. Dwiggins
American artist
Daniel Berkeley Updike
American printer and publisher
Johann Froben
Swiss printer
S.H. de Roos
Dutch typographer
Romain du Roi type
Philippe Grandjean
French engraver
Simon de Colines
French printer