2024 WSC LATEST UPDATE
Vladimer Lenin
said "there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks in which decades
happen"
Gutenberg
Invented the printing press in the 15th century
Black letter
a font used by gutenberg in the first printing press. Downside: limited number of words
per page
Roman Typeface
2nd font invented in 1470 by Nicolas Jenson (more words per page)
italics
3rd font invented (1501) to save space (by Manutius & Griffo).
Digital typography
Fonts in computer. 1st font: Digi Grotesk (by Rudolf Hell). In 1974 fonts changed from
pictures to vector, so they can look good in any scale
Truetype
font looks the same in PC and printer
opentype
font looks the same in PC and mac
Web Open Font Format (WOFF)
fonts looking the same in all browser in the internet
Aptos
Font that microsoft chose in 2021 to be the default in its apps (e.g., Word). Old name:
Bierstadt (beer city). Town in california
word's fonts
,1st: Times New Roman (Serif)
2nd (2007): Calibri (sans serif)
3rd: Aptos (sans serif)
Serif vs. sans serif
with tiny lines (feet), e.g. Times new Roman, common in print vs. without (e.g.
Calibri/Aptos), common in screens
London Underground's fonts
100 years used Johnstons Sans font. In 2016 did tiny change to Johnston 100 font, to
make it digitally friendly
US Department of states' fonts
1) Courier ("typewriter" and old computers font", IBM, serif)
2) Times New Roman (Word): 2004
3) Calibri (2023): changed to help visually impaired workers
Thomas Phinney
Works in Adobe's font group, helped in court as font expert to check forgery. Document
supposedly from 1983 was printed in inkjet printer (invented late 80s). Document from
1968 used font inventes 25 years later.
ScienceGothic.com
site allows user to personally adjust a Sceince Gothic font (Thomas Pinney)
Sentence with all letters in english once
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
self checkout
Paying in supermarket through a machine. Wlamart & Cotsoco's customers complained
it is slow and unreliable, and prefer satffed cash registers.
Joe Woodland
Inventor of barcode
bar code
Invented in 1974 in USA by Woodland. Inspired by Morse code. Before seller had to
type price of each product, and it was slow
UPC
Universal Product Code used in bar code
, Amazon Go
Shop that you don't to check out at all. You just take staff from shelves, and AI
understands how much you pay. Just walk out.
Just walk out
Technology of Amazon go for a shop with no check out
QR code
quick response code. invented in 1984 in Japan
QR codes in restaurants
began in the pandemic. there were QR codes on the tables that sent to digital menus
instead of physical menus.
criticism of QR codes in restaurants
disturb communal aspect, make you check notifications, are less convenient, can track
consumer behavior, exclude less tech savvy people, and more
L. Sasha Gora
cultural historian that studies culinary environmental humanities (cultural aspects to do
with food). studied menus and the passenger pigeon pie.
Caroline S. Brooks
An American sculptor. Made butter sculptures to promote her farmer husband's butter.
Dreaming Iolanthe
butter sculpture of a blind princess from the verse drama, "King René's Daughter".
made by Caroline S. Brooks.
Erika Iris Simmons
an artist that used old cassette tapes to portray celibraties and musician, specifically the
artists of the tapes' song.
cassette tape
A tape storage media introduced in the 1960s in which the tape was enclosed in a small
plastic molding, or cassette.
Dominique Blaine
a Canadian artist that made Missa
Missa
Vladimer Lenin
said "there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks in which decades
happen"
Gutenberg
Invented the printing press in the 15th century
Black letter
a font used by gutenberg in the first printing press. Downside: limited number of words
per page
Roman Typeface
2nd font invented in 1470 by Nicolas Jenson (more words per page)
italics
3rd font invented (1501) to save space (by Manutius & Griffo).
Digital typography
Fonts in computer. 1st font: Digi Grotesk (by Rudolf Hell). In 1974 fonts changed from
pictures to vector, so they can look good in any scale
Truetype
font looks the same in PC and printer
opentype
font looks the same in PC and mac
Web Open Font Format (WOFF)
fonts looking the same in all browser in the internet
Aptos
Font that microsoft chose in 2021 to be the default in its apps (e.g., Word). Old name:
Bierstadt (beer city). Town in california
word's fonts
,1st: Times New Roman (Serif)
2nd (2007): Calibri (sans serif)
3rd: Aptos (sans serif)
Serif vs. sans serif
with tiny lines (feet), e.g. Times new Roman, common in print vs. without (e.g.
Calibri/Aptos), common in screens
London Underground's fonts
100 years used Johnstons Sans font. In 2016 did tiny change to Johnston 100 font, to
make it digitally friendly
US Department of states' fonts
1) Courier ("typewriter" and old computers font", IBM, serif)
2) Times New Roman (Word): 2004
3) Calibri (2023): changed to help visually impaired workers
Thomas Phinney
Works in Adobe's font group, helped in court as font expert to check forgery. Document
supposedly from 1983 was printed in inkjet printer (invented late 80s). Document from
1968 used font inventes 25 years later.
ScienceGothic.com
site allows user to personally adjust a Sceince Gothic font (Thomas Pinney)
Sentence with all letters in english once
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
self checkout
Paying in supermarket through a machine. Wlamart & Cotsoco's customers complained
it is slow and unreliable, and prefer satffed cash registers.
Joe Woodland
Inventor of barcode
bar code
Invented in 1974 in USA by Woodland. Inspired by Morse code. Before seller had to
type price of each product, and it was slow
UPC
Universal Product Code used in bar code
, Amazon Go
Shop that you don't to check out at all. You just take staff from shelves, and AI
understands how much you pay. Just walk out.
Just walk out
Technology of Amazon go for a shop with no check out
QR code
quick response code. invented in 1984 in Japan
QR codes in restaurants
began in the pandemic. there were QR codes on the tables that sent to digital menus
instead of physical menus.
criticism of QR codes in restaurants
disturb communal aspect, make you check notifications, are less convenient, can track
consumer behavior, exclude less tech savvy people, and more
L. Sasha Gora
cultural historian that studies culinary environmental humanities (cultural aspects to do
with food). studied menus and the passenger pigeon pie.
Caroline S. Brooks
An American sculptor. Made butter sculptures to promote her farmer husband's butter.
Dreaming Iolanthe
butter sculpture of a blind princess from the verse drama, "King René's Daughter".
made by Caroline S. Brooks.
Erika Iris Simmons
an artist that used old cassette tapes to portray celibraties and musician, specifically the
artists of the tapes' song.
cassette tape
A tape storage media introduced in the 1960s in which the tape was enclosed in a small
plastic molding, or cassette.
Dominique Blaine
a Canadian artist that made Missa
Missa
