Journal #3: Graphic Design in the Renaissance

During the Renaissance, a new awareness of how the page is organized and decorated. It is not only to reflect a religious message and of the divine, but a thoughtful esthetic design of the page, sentences, and letters. I never thought about the history of the printed book, being an avid reader, its something I should have paid more attention to. Little things like Roman and italic type, were first used in this time. 
I always thought that fire was the biggest invention/discovery, but this week’s reading has totally changed my mind on that. The typographic changed the world, it allowed for ideas to be heard, and knowledge to be spread widely.