Response to Parts of a letter:

“Typography evolved from handwriting, which is created by making a series of marks by hand; therefore, the fundamental element constructing a letterform is the linear stroke (stem).” I had no idea that the actual start of typography started over 500 years ago. By realizing the vocabulary will help a person develop a better understanding of it as a whole. Type is about harmonizing letters to create a word as a whole. There is a lot of vocabulary that goes into typography, more than I knew of actually. I first thought that typographers just designed letters. It all seemed so simple, but there’s more work that goes into it, more than I would have ever realized unless I read this. This document about typography has taught me so much about parts of a letter that make up its form. I feel so educated now that I know what makes up a certain type of letter. “Immaculate typography is certainly the most brittle of all the arts. To create a whole from many petrified, disconnected and given parts, to make this whole appear alive and of a piece – only sculpture in stone approaches the unyielding stiffness of perfect typography.” Each font is different and has different multiple parts to it parts. I would like to know how typographers create their own fonts and how long it takes them. With as many fonts as there is now it amazes me that some haven’t been replicated yet. I have gained a whole new understanding of typography after reading this. I still cannot just recognize just any font like many other people can, such as our TAs, but hopefully after this project I will be able to.