Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
During the eighteenth century, type design went
through a gradual transition from Old Style to Modern
Style fonts designed late in the century.
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1632
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c. 1630:
Sir
Anthony van Dyck,
portrait,
Henri ll de
Lorraine
.
1639:
The first printing
press in the British
Colonies is established
in Massachusetts.
1657:
First fountain pen
is manufactured, in Paris.
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c. 1664:
Jan
Vermeer,
Woman Holding
a Balance
.
1666:
The Great Fire of
London.
1667:
Milton publishes
Paradise Lost
.
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1675-1710:
Sir Christopher Wren,
St. Paul's Cathedral,
London.
1700:
The emergence of
the Rococo style.
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1709:
Matthaus
Poppelmann, Zwinger
Palace, Dresden,
Germany.
1709:
England adopts
the first copyright law.
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1632- 43:
The Taj
Mahal, India.
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c. 1670:
Christoffel
van Dyck, Dutch Old
Style type.
1686:
Sir Isaac Newton
sets forth his law of
gravity.
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1702:
Philippe
Grandjean (punch
cutter), Romain du Roi,
the first transitional face.
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1720:
William
Caslon, Caslon Old
Style types, which from
this date were used
throughout the British
Empire.
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