A Brief History of Type: The development of typography through ten stories

A clear and approachable introduction to the 600-year history of this critically important – and too often overlooked – art form.

Type is all around us – in the books we read, the signs that orient us, and across the screens we're glued to. The staggering range of typographic forms that passes over our eyes on a daily basis influences us in subtle ways. Why did diverse typographic forms originate, and what factors influenced their evolution over time?

In ten chronologically-linked stories f...