Typography

Broadcast news remains a focal moment for many people in the evening. The broadcast stations tapped into this and created series of an evening or nightly news. The evening news is the most watched because the viewing public trusts the anchor’s credibility. Williams falls into this category due to his coherent progression in describing the event exactly how it happened. He does not rush to judgment, but rather to let facts emerge over time. Fabricating events to sell a story that may very well be…

Simple, Yet Powerful Since the beginning of the 21st century, infectious diseases have become relatively less of a concern, while chronic diseases continue to grow rapidly throughout the world’s population (Buttar 229). Because of this, it is said that it is “obvious that a population health approach – ‘prevention is better than cure’ – would be the most appropriate model to adopt to deal with this” (Buttar 229), because according to Harpal Buttar, prevention of illness would lead to reduced…

This advertisement from the feminine hygiene product brand, U by Kotex, uses color association, plain folk rhetoric, persuasive typography, a contest that guarantees popularity, and a reputable publisher to convince girls and women to use their product. Not only does Kotex claim to be the most comfortable feminine hygiene products, they also try to educate young girls about vaginal health. It appears that this Kotex ad has no ethical issues. Kotex chose to put their advertisement because of…

Two types genres used by Alpha Sigma Alpha are oral and typography. The oral genre includes public speaking, songs, and in this case face-to-face weekly meetings. Typography can vary from books, newspapers, and scholar papers, to social media such as Facebook, Twitter, text messages, and personalized…

127 Hours is thrilling movie comprised of a true story based on the real life situation outdoorsmen Aron Ralston encounters in April of 2003 while on the Horseshoe Canyon Trailhead out of Emery, Utah (Ralston, #1-2). 127 Hours, based on Ralston’s book Between a Rock and a Hard Place, aired in January 2011 with Aron Ralston being played by well-known actor James Franco. Franco is biking and hiking through the Bluejohn Canyon when he loses his grip and falls, resulting in his arm being pinned by…

The printer made a change on how people use typography. Many computer programs were altered for the laser printer. This paper would lead to the invention of the laser printer, what lead to its creation, and how it made an impact. The laser printer took a long time to be made and released. There were…

I was familiar with Saki Mafundikwa, a Typographer. Typography being that branch of visual portrayal stressed over how content appears in a given space (in its initiation this space had reliably implied the physical page: books, distributions, every day papers and has now opened up to fuse vistas, for instance, the screen). It is the methodology by which lingo is given visual shape. Emil Ruder, the Swiss typographer, communicated that typography as a development "has one plain commitment before…

“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” This quote from E.E. Cummings himself illustrates just how Cummings incorporated his curious and wondrous personality into his poems. Like no other poet before him, Cummings took it upon himself to create his poems into not only a literary masterpiece but a visual masterpiece as well. Poets leading up to Cummings took a serious, more contemporary approach to their…

Nicholas Jenson was born in Sommevoire, France in 1420. He works as an as a printer, type designer, punch cutter, and engraver from 1468 until his death in Venice - Italy in 1480. At the beginning of his career, Jenson was acted as Master of the French Royal Mint at Tours and he was sent in 1458 to Mainz-Germany by King Charles VII to study the art of type founding and both punch cutting and printing. In 1468, he set up a print shop in Venice. Jenson was mostly known for his…

In eight numbered sentences, write a “history of the book” from the late medieval manuscript to about 1800. (You are starting before Gutenberg’s contribution and going up to but not into the industrialization of printing and graphic design.) Use eight numbered sentences, including a comparison of two images of your choice from the slide presentations. 1. Before the ability to print, all documents and books were called manuscripts because they were handwritten. 2. Scriptorium, a room used during…