History of Typography Video Reflection

After watching the History of Typography video by Ben Barrett-Forrest I grew a better understanding of how type has evolved over time. Ben helps us to understand the characteristics of type by starting from the very beginning of history. Monks began creating actual type by scribing, which took large amounts of time. Typefaces evolved, after the very first type created by Gutenberg called "Blackletter." Yet you can see how the history and previous typefaces affected the newly created ones. More often than not, a new typeface was created to solve an issue that current typefaces presented. Such as too dense or too complex, or even not legible in big groups of text, etc. The video was well done and pretty fascinating to watch.