The History of Typography in Paper-Letter Animation

From Blackletter to Helvetica
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A paper-letter animation about the history of fonts and typography.
291 Paper Letters.
2,454 Photographs.
140 hours of work.

Created by Ben Barrett-Forrest
© Forrest Media - 2013
www.forrestmedia.org
www.facebook.com/forrestmedia

Information Sources:
Thinking in Type by Ellen Lupton
Just My Type by Simon Garfield
If this video sparks any ideas, I would love to hear about them!

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Last updated: 2023-04-04 11:11 am PDT
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