what would you write a book on if you had to choose on a particulaer subject in regards to type history. thanks.
2006-10-14 00:09:17 · 7 answers · asked by allgiggles1984 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
im on about TYPE and ALPHABETS history, not global history. pls read the question properly thankyou.
2006-10-14 10:06:28 · update #1
Written communication (covering words) is the most crucial influencing factor of our global culture. Without the ability of our words and figures to be recorded (and thus retrieved at a later date), we can only tell our stories directly. It is the indirect communication of thoughts and ideas through the written word that allows such varied people as Aristotle, Newton, Buddha, Ben Franklin, and Schrodinger to be the subject of debate and discussion so many years after they have passed on.
2006-10-14 00:21:58 · answer #1 · answered by lizzit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be interesting to dig into a relationship between various cultures and their types. For instance, a pictorial based type might only be found in a culture that had a strong patriarchy. Or a revolution might also signal a change in the kind of type people liked to use.
I think the type would come out of the culture, but perhaps some people have used type to influence a culture - I'm thinking of the early Communists, with their bold, modern, strong-looking type.
Let me know when you've written your book.
2006-10-18 11:35:38 · answer #2 · answered by Delora Gloria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would write about ancient History going back to the Persian wars I find it so facinating how people livedback then, and its all about wars in the middle east so I guess not much has changed, but I think that we can understand the present a lot better if we have an understanding of where we come from
2006-10-14 08:04:16 · answer #3 · answered by stephen m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps it's the arabic numeral system. Before that there was only the roman numbering, and could not be used for math. The one thing the Moslems gave us was the zero (0).
2006-10-14 07:15:12 · answer #4 · answered by luosechi 駱士基 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i'd write about unresolved issues between christianity and islam and why they are conflicting in the first place
2006-10-14 07:38:24 · answer #5 · answered by dallasfan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the tony Blair years..called how i brought the country down with me
2006-10-14 07:11:38 · answer #6 · answered by michael b 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would have to say the world wars
2006-10-14 07:12:07 · answer #7 · answered by FLOYD 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋