Typeface Design - Freshmen

Typeface Design

The purpose of this assignment was to introduce students to the world of typography. A font is all the letters, numbers, punctuation and other symbols which compose a typeface. Fonts were first developed as cast lead type for printing presses, and were later digitized as typefaces for use on computers. 
























































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