19TH CENTURY OF GRAPHIC DESIGN

In the Victorian era, fly poster typography was emerged described in the illustration. It used large amount of color in combination with large font sizes which was created from movable metal type. As well as being made from wood, this was used to create the two-colored typefaces. The technologies in movable metal type had allowed for companies to look at advertising with more ease and less cost.

Fly Poster Typography

Fat Face Roman typeface was created by Robert Thorne who was found the style in 1801. Fat Face was the first typeface created for advertising. Its key features are vertical stresses and hairline serifs, the structure of the typeface has thick main body, thick in width, the serifs and connecting strokes are thin hairlines and bracketed. This typeface is legible, it has the Victorian quality which can be recognizable and loud. 

Fat Face Typeface

Slab Serif Typeface designed by Vincent Figgins (1817). The Slab Serif has low contrast and design of uniform stroke. This typeface is chunky, thick and bold used for headlines in the diameter of the serifs matches the thickness of the main body. The typeface would be produced commercially by machine and the classic slab serif is recognizable with almost mono-spaced qualities that are clearly sees in the upper casing.

Slab Serif Typeface

Sans Serif fonts was created by William Caslon IV. Its is categorized as a Sans Serif Grostegue, has vertcal stress and clearly is the inspiration for later typefaces. The upper case titling face is thought to be cut from sign writers block letters in 1812.

Sans Serif Font

Clarendon Typeface was designed by Robert Besley in 1845. It has some similar design qualities in Rockwell.

Clarendon Typeface

Below are Victorian typography posters :

WHAT IS GRAPHIC DESIGN ?

Graphic design is the art or skill of combining text and pictures in advertisements, magazines, or books. Graphic design is also a form of visual communication that could help us to sell something to someone and even to send message without using verbal communication.

Graphic design has several elements which are LINE, SHAPE, FORM, VALUE, COLOR, TEXTURE, and SPACE. A graphic design project may involve the stylization and presentation of existing text and either pre-existing images developed by the graphic designer. Artistic pieces can be incorporated in both traditional and digital form.

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PICTOGRAPHY

What is Pictography ?

Pictography is a form of writing which uses representational, pictorial drawings that similarly to cunieform and hieroglyphic writing. In certain modern use, pictogram participate to a formal language.

ICON

What is Icon ?

An icon is an image or figure that representing something. Icon can be formed in any of various stylized figure, as displayed on a microcomputer screen to representing available functions or resources. Icon can also be defined as an image or picture of Jesus, Mary, a saint, which venerated as sacred.

SYMBOL

What is Symbol ?

Symbol is something used for regarded as representing something else. Symbols can also defined as a letter, figure, token, sign, or other character or combination of letters used to designate something. An object that represents or stands for an idea, visual image, or material entity is also defined symbols.

HIEROGLYPH

What is Hieroglyph ?

A hieroglyph or sacred writing is a character of the ancient Egyptian writing system using picture symbols. Hieroglyph written with hieroglyphic symbols, which also a figure or symbol that consist of hidden meaning that is difficult to read or decipher.