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Ts'ai Lun, a government official in China creates paper. Before this there had been only writing/symbols on cave walls. This paved the way for future advances in visual communication.
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Pi Sheng creates what is known as "movable type". This made it possible for type characters to be placed one by one in order to print. This made it possible for us to advance our knowledge in typing.
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Printing makes it's way in to Europe. This newfound technology was accompanied by a paper mill. The paper mill first appeared in Fabriano, Italy.
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Johann Gensfleisch zum Gutenburg finds a good method for printing in books. This made it possible to publish and write books much quicker and more effectively. This was the first succesful method for printing in books.
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Albrecht Pfister paved the way for picture books. He added his own illustrations to books. This is the first known time in history that pictures had been a part of books.
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Known as one of the best typeface designers, Nicolas Jenson, makes a new breakthrough in the history of type. He set a whole new standard for Roman type.
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Claude Garamond made another breakthrough in typing/fonts in Graphic Design. By opening a type foundry, he was able to develope fonts. Garamond could also sell these fonts to printers.
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One of the most legendary type fonts, Caslon Old Style font is developed. This font was used later for the printing of the Declaration of Independence.
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During the industrial revolution, technological advances helped the growth of the Graphic Design industry. Many new forms of techniques and technologies were created.
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Aloys Senefelder, an author in the 1700s develops a new technique of Graphic Design. This technique was called lithography. Lithography is an important part of graphic design.
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The first printing press was created by Lord Stanhope. It was made of all cast-iron parts. This required a fraction of the manual labor foce and it doubled the paper size that was possible.
