Learn All The Most Important Typography Terms From One Poster

This is what I learned as a Hand and Machine Typographer – I did a 5 year apprenticeship and learned my craft in hotmetal; had the massive opportunity to transition to digital dot tape and Qwerty keyboards were introduced, then cold-type composition and then desktop publishing, learning PageMaker 1.0 on a Mac SE (putting together broadsheet adverts and mailers for a stationery company, talk about screen real estate, or lack of!!!) then transitioned to Quark, InDesign. etc... I have been fortunate to start my career on the cusp of an Industrial Revolution. In 100 years time historians will look back on the computer age and rate it as the most significant advancement of the human race, paralleled for the time of James Watt and the steam engine; the cotton gin; Henry Ford... what a ride I've had and then I come across this poster – wow wow wow, all the learnings of my craft, the terminology, my senses teasing with the smell of ink on lead, mixed with graphite... I lament those days. Thank you for bring them back to life, with gratitude from an old Linotype operator. 10 years ago

Great one, Thanks! 10 years ago

My community at hackr really likes you tutorials. https://hackr.io/tutorials/learn-typography 7 years ago