2024 WSC TOPICS (1-8) 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 Phinney)
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
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 Phinney)
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
