History of Fonts
By: Elias Mullins
Font History
This will give you a little history about three fonts that i have did research on
Times New Roman- Serif
- Made to fix print on Newspapers
- Economy of space
- Legibility
Verdana- Sans Serif
- Used to be able to read at a small font on a computer
- Loose letter spacing
- Wide proportions
- Large counters
Algerian- Ornamental
- Created for Scangraphic
- Started with only capital letters
- Now have both Capital and low-case letters