After Class: Day Eleven 2/27/09

1. Name of graphic style (or topic) studied this session: Today was the first presentation, Amanda's topic was the Victorian Era. Her presentation was very interesting and really showed off her knowledge of the subject. We learned about the typeface designs during the time, originally fancy with curlicues then became bold block types because of the masses of people learning to read. She also talked to us about the general history of the time, Queen Victoria, Georgian and British reign, Henry Cole, etc. We then watched a few videos that related to the questions that some people had on the previous chapter (Chapter 10) which were on printing and making posters and other ways of using type printing.

2. Describe specific qualities of this style (or if it’s a topic-highlights of that topic) that will help you identify it in the future.
The Victorian era was named after Queen Victoria, the typefaces and designs of the time showed beauty, love, and innocence. They typefaces started off with curls and swirls and used nature, but were not the easiest to read when put on paper, so bold typefaces were used like Egyptian type for the common people who were learning to read.

3. What is the most useful or meaningful thing you learned today?

The actual mechanics of the printing press, being able to watch it in action and understand what it is the book has been talking about. Seeing it working in real time helps make it that much easier to understand.

4. State at least one question you have after the class. (if you state none here, you’d better have more detail done above to offset the work.)
Hatch's modern pieces are what exactly? I thought the owner said that they are just the remnants of the ink from previous uses being taken off from putting more paper through the press. How much would they sell for?