Display Type

ディスプレイ書体

Dictionary entry

  1. Fat Face c. 1803– / Style

    The didone's stems swollen to extremes for advertising — the earliest display type built to shout across the street.

  2. Wood Type 1827– / Technique

    Gigantic letters cut from wood for broadside posters created the display vocabulary of extreme condensation, extension and ornament.

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