The History of Typography, in Stop-motion Animation
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In our current design-centric culture, terms like sans-serif, Helvetica, and—heaven forbid—Comic Sans have breached the cultural consciousness. Fortunately, for those of you who still can’t tell your Futura from your Papyrus, Yukon-based designer Ben Barrett-Forrest has crafted this charming stop-motion history lesson to help you get up to speed.
Built with 2,454 photographs, 291 letters, and 140 hours of his life, Barrett-Forrest’s animated short is a delight. As he guides us from the lowly beginnings of Gutenberg’s printing press, all the way to the computer age, it becomes apparent that the art of type is a corollary for history....
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