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There are many excellent ways of teaching the history of graphic design. One of the better ways, though this is not always possible, is to integrate the history of graphic design with the other arts — painting, literature, music — and with major political and cultural events of the time. The following timelines are from James Craig's book Thirty Centuries of Graphic Design and cover just a few of the highlights between 30,000 BC and 1990 AD, the year book was published.
1000 BC – 500 AD
500 – 1300
1300 – 1400
1400 – 1500
1500 – 1600
1600 – 1700
1700 – 1800
1800 – 1900
1900 – 1920
1920 – 1940
1940 – 1960
1960 – 1990
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Items of Interest
The following is an assortment of all things typographic. It will be of interest to anyone who loves typography and is curious about the history of graphic design and the evolution of the printed word.
1000 BC – 500 AD
500 – 1300
1300 – 1400
1400 – 1500
1500 – 1600
1600 – 1700
1700 – 1800
1800 – 1900
1900 – 1920
1920 – 1940
1940 – 1960
1960 – 1990
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Prehistoric Pictograph
Cuneiform, ca 3100 B.C.
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Early Latin. ca.700 B.C.
Ionic Greek adopted in 403 B.C.
Trajan Inscription A.D. 114
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Items of Interest
The following is an assortment of all things typographic. It will be of interest to anyone who loves typography and is curious about the history of graphic design and the evolution of the printed word.
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