Lettering, Origin and Development.pptx

Origin and development of letters, Calligraphy, Typography, and Lettering terms.
Lettering: the art of drawing letters, Calligraphy: the art of writing letters, Typography: the art of using letters.

1. Lettering

2. Calligraphy 02 03 01 Typography 04 Table of Contents Lettering Origin & Development of Letters - - - -

3. Calligraphy Calligraphy is the art of writing letters with pressure-sensitive tools, usually in a script style. Today, you’ll also often see people call it “modern calligraphy,” “brush calligraphy,” or “brush lettering.”

4. Typography Typography is the art of creating repeatable systems of letters (fonts & typefaces) that can be utilized by a machine.

5. Lettering Hand lettering , or just lettering, is the art of drawing letters in any style.

6. Difference of terms

7. Origin & Development of Letters

8. 4000 B.C. Egyptian Hieroglyphics The ancient Egyptians used the distinctive script known today as hieroglyphs (Greek for "sacred words") for almost 4,000 years. Hieroglyphs were written on papyrus , carved in stone on tomb and temple walls, and used to decorate many objects of cultic and daily life use.  

9. 3250 B.C. Cuneiform Writing Cuneiform  is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia 3500-3000 BCE.  

10. 2500 B.C. Hieratic Script and Demotic Script The Egyptians introduced two kinds of writing: the hieratic script used by the priests and the demotic script used by the merchants.  

11. 1000 B.C. Phoenician Alphabet Hieratic writing was adopted by the Phoenicians. It developed into an alphabet of 22 letters.  

12. 700 B.C. Greek Letters The Phoenician alphabet was later adopted by the Greeks. They also introduced and developed the vowel letters and contributed 13 letters of the Roman alphabet.  

13.   200 B.C. Roman Alphabet The Romans introduced the 26 capital letters which are the basis of modern-day alphabet . They modified these capital letters into more readable type, except j and u which were not in Roman alphabet.  

14.     9 th Century Carolingian Letters During the reign of King Charlemagne, the first holy emperor, lowercase letters were introduced and were known as the Carolingian letters. 

15.     1722 Formal Script In 1722, Formal script was introduced by the Germans, French, and English. It is similar to longhand writing but it was done in a more artistic manner.

16.     1890 Sans Serif Sans Serif, which literally means “without serif” was introduced by the English.

17.     1945 Cartoon Script It was introduced by the Americans.

18.     1960 Automation Letter It was introduced in 1960.