Type has developed tremendously throughout the thousands of years that it has been around.
Many typefaces in use today are based upon designs created in earlier historical epochs. I find it fascinating to see the links between type from when it began in the form of cave paintings to current day.
It fascinates me that the latin text we use today can still be recognised in the early stages of it's development such as in Egyptian Hieroglyphics e.g. the shape of the bird that represented the 'A', has a resemblance to what we see today.
The Moveable Type Press which was developed in 1436 by German printer Johannes Gutenberg, was the first printing process that allowed text characters to be reused. Consequently this provided further time and cost savings. I find it incredible how processes that were created so long ago, are still being used today in design as it shows that no matter how much technology has developed over the years, the old and practical methods are still inspirational and are often used.
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