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First written language was Cuneiform, a Sumerian language. -
Minoan and Cretan had alphabets for their language. -
Asia had the first instances of calligraphy on silks and language inscribed on bone -
Decorative and colorful european calligraphy -
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The 1300's was the start of printing such as block printing on silk designs to printing on cards and later the invention of the printing press -
First books to have images printed onto them. -
The renaissance had a boom in art and design, along with detailed and intricate printings of books. -
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Industrial revolution made way for newer forms of typographic design with creators like Vincent Figgins and William Thorowgood -
This event in time saw more colorful design compared to previous bold printed heavy weighted blacks and solid colors -
Intricate woodblock illustrations featuring plants -
Younger designers coming up to change the art world -
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Futurism was one of the newer styles to come out of early modern art that featured big bold colors and words which were more of a visualization of sound -
Bauhaus had a great influence and impact on the earlier modern era of design -
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Featuring more shade and dimension in graphic design and print along with bold shadows and color -
More color and much more closely aligned with the graphic design of now -
Saw a boom in typography and new typefaces and styles which were cleaner and more uniform than past type -
More graphic design, more vibrancy and dynamics with a modernization and alteration of older styles