The following is an assortment of all things typographic. It will be of interest to anyone who loves typography and is curious about the history of graphic design and the evolution of the printed word.

3000 B.C.E.
Sumerian: First Written Language
Phoenician Alphabet
Early Greek Letterforms
Official Greek Alphabet

1-1000
Trajan Inscriptions
Carolingian Script

1000-1500
Giant Bible of Mainz
Gutenberg Bible
Humanistic Script
First successful Roman Typeface
Humanistic Cursive
First Italic Typeface
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
Early English Printing

1500-1600
Martin Luther's German Bible

1600-1700
King James Bible
First book printed in New England
First Bible printed in New England

1700-1800
Caslon Specimen Sheet
Declaration of Independence
Fournier's Manuel Typographique
Firmin Didot

1800-1900
Bodoni's Manuel Typografico
Mark Twain: Printer
William Morris

1900-2000
Dada Typography
Futurism Typography
Constructivist Typography
Gill Sans
Original Futura

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