TYPOGRAPHY
IN18TH Construction of the letters G and H by Louis Simonneau in 1700
CENTURY
Romain du Roi master alphabet by Louis Simonneau in 1770
Title Page of the first Specimen book by Pierre Simon Fournier in 1742
Broadside type specimen in 1734 by William Caslon in his typeface
Manuel typographique, volume 1ʼs Title page by Pierre Simon in 1764
Vergilʼs Bucolicaʼs title page by John Baskerville in 1757 in his typeface
Mauala tipografico in 1818 by Giambattista Bodoni
Petit Careme de Massilon in 1812 by Pierre Didot
Chart #3 in Our Agricultural Distresses in 1822 by William Playfair
The 1700ʼs and 1800ʼs was an amazing time period and many great things happened during these times like the development of many beautiful type faces. Rococo was the start of it all from changing many things like literature and the way people look at type. Not too long after Rococo was introduced into the same a huge revolution developed in England throughout France after the death of King Louis XVI. This revolution started the change of many things and the development of some of the most famous typefaces people will recognize like Baskerville and Bodoni. Baskerville and Bodoni are some of the most famous but by far the one that blew up the quickest had to be Caslon made by William Caslon just because of its thick to thin and very unique gestures, not to mention the Declaration of Independence was written in Caslon. The development of these typefaces were by far one of the most amazing achievements in this era just because of how unique they were and how legible they were from their amazing serifs to their thick to thin ratios. Everything about these typefaces were beautiful and they paved the way for most of the typefaces today and they are still very widely used in the modern day.