WSC World Scholars Cup 2024-2025
Reimagining the Present
A device used to quickly produce copies of
texts invented by Johannes Gutenburg in
1440. It involved arranging the stamps of
letters to be stamped onto a page, which
Printing Press could take an entire day, but then be used as
many times as necessary to create many
copies of the same text. The letter forms were
based on Blackletter calligraphy, which was
used at the time to write manuscripts.
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, A goldsmith and inventor of the printing press
Johannes Gutenburg
in 1440.
A typeface commonly used to write
manuscripts and the first to be implemented
onto a printing press. Although it mimicked
Blackletter the handwriting style of the time, it took up a
lot of space on a page, meaning more paper
had to be used to convey the same
information.
Created the first Roman typeface in 1470,
based on Blackletter and Italian Humanist
Nicolas Jenson lettering. [ ] was the first to use typographic
principles rather than manuscript models to
create a typeface.
A typeface that was used as a successor of
the Blackletter typeface as the standard for
texts. The first was invented by Nicolas Jenson
Roman
in 1470, and it was invented to look simpler
and be more efficient at using the page
space than blackletter.
A text style that makes text appear slanted. It
was originally used to save space, but is now
used for emphasis. It was developed by Aldus
Italic
Manutius and Francesco Griffo in 1501. Its
downside was it was less legible than later
typefaces.
An Italian printer who, along with Francesco
Aldus Manutius
Griffo, developed Italic text
An Italian punchcutter who, along with Aldus
Francesco Griffo
Manutius, developed Italic text.
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, A typeface developed in 1734 by William
Caslon which was created to be as legible as
Old Style
possible, making each letterform
distinguishable at a glance.
An English typefounder who created Old
William Caslon Style in 1734, which was the first typeface
whose primary focus was readability.
A typeface developed in 1757 by John
Baskerville that had more distinct letterforms.
Baskerville's ink was much blacker than that of
Transitional Typeface
his contemporaries, and the typeface was
criticized for having its strokes extremely think
and dark. Commercially, it was a failure.
An English printer to developed the first
transitional typefaces and made
improvements to type, ink, and printing
presses to the point that his ink was
John Baskerville
considerably darker and criticized as such.
Revived in the 20th century, his typeface
earned him the title of "greatest printer
England ever produced"
A French type designer who in the 1780s
Firmin Didot
created the Didot font.
An Italian type designer who in the 1780s
Giambattista Bodoni
created the Bodoni font.
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Reimagining the Present
A device used to quickly produce copies of
texts invented by Johannes Gutenburg in
1440. It involved arranging the stamps of
letters to be stamped onto a page, which
Printing Press could take an entire day, but then be used as
many times as necessary to create many
copies of the same text. The letter forms were
based on Blackletter calligraphy, which was
used at the time to write manuscripts.
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, A goldsmith and inventor of the printing press
Johannes Gutenburg
in 1440.
A typeface commonly used to write
manuscripts and the first to be implemented
onto a printing press. Although it mimicked
Blackletter the handwriting style of the time, it took up a
lot of space on a page, meaning more paper
had to be used to convey the same
information.
Created the first Roman typeface in 1470,
based on Blackletter and Italian Humanist
Nicolas Jenson lettering. [ ] was the first to use typographic
principles rather than manuscript models to
create a typeface.
A typeface that was used as a successor of
the Blackletter typeface as the standard for
texts. The first was invented by Nicolas Jenson
Roman
in 1470, and it was invented to look simpler
and be more efficient at using the page
space than blackletter.
A text style that makes text appear slanted. It
was originally used to save space, but is now
used for emphasis. It was developed by Aldus
Italic
Manutius and Francesco Griffo in 1501. Its
downside was it was less legible than later
typefaces.
An Italian printer who, along with Francesco
Aldus Manutius
Griffo, developed Italic text
An Italian punchcutter who, along with Aldus
Francesco Griffo
Manutius, developed Italic text.
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, A typeface developed in 1734 by William
Caslon which was created to be as legible as
Old Style
possible, making each letterform
distinguishable at a glance.
An English typefounder who created Old
William Caslon Style in 1734, which was the first typeface
whose primary focus was readability.
A typeface developed in 1757 by John
Baskerville that had more distinct letterforms.
Baskerville's ink was much blacker than that of
Transitional Typeface
his contemporaries, and the typeface was
criticized for having its strokes extremely think
and dark. Commercially, it was a failure.
An English printer to developed the first
transitional typefaces and made
improvements to type, ink, and printing
presses to the point that his ink was
John Baskerville
considerably darker and criticized as such.
Revived in the 20th century, his typeface
earned him the title of "greatest printer
England ever produced"
A French type designer who in the 1780s
Firmin Didot
created the Didot font.
An Italian type designer who in the 1780s
Giambattista Bodoni
created the Bodoni font.
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