Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
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1722:
Castletown,
near Dublin, Ireland.
1738:
First spinning
machines are patented
in England.
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1750:
François
Boucher,
The Love Letter
.
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1744:
Benjamin
Franklin, title page using
Caslon type.
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1750
s
:
John
Baskerville creates
extraordinary transitional
typefaces.
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1765:
Thomas
Cottrell introduces
display types two inches
tall (shown actual size).
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1768:
Pierre
Simon Fournier le Jeune,
ornamented types.
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1773:
Johann
David Steingruber, letter
A
from
Architektonisches
Alphabet.
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1774:
John
Holt, broadside of the
American revolutionary
era, using Caslon type.
1775:
James Watt
constructs the first
efficient steam engine.
1776:
American
Declaration of
Independence is signed.
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1784:
François
Ambroise Didot, the
first true Modern Style
typeface.
1789:
The fall of the
Bastille launches the
French Revolution.
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1791:
Giambattista
Bodoni, Modern Style
typefaces of geometric
construction, with
hairline serifs.
1791:
American Bill
of Rights guarantees
freedoms of religion,
speech, and the press.
1793:
French King
Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette are sent to
the guillotine.
1796:
Aloys Senefelder
invents lithography.
1799:
Nicolas-Louis
Robert invents the
papermaking machine.
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