History of Graphic Design
The Evolution of Graphic Design Quiz
Test your knowledge on the fascinating history of graphic design! Dive deep into the origin of writing, printing, and typography through 22 engaging questions. Whether you're a student of design or a history enthusiast, this quiz will challenge your understanding of classic graphic design milestones.
- Discover when early visual signs were used
- Learn about pivotal inventions in printing
- Explore influential personalities and their contributions
Early visual signs were uncovered in caves in Africa, Europe, and Southern France about?
400,000 Years ago
300,000 Years ago
200,000 Years ago
100,000 Years ago
The first written records were discovered in?
Egypt
Turkey
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Invented the alphabet. They inspired it, but they utilized their own symbols.
Egyptian Semites
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Egyptian People
Moses
Spreads their alphabet to the Near East, Asia Minor, Arabs, Greeks, Etruscans, and Spain.
Caanites
Hebrews
Egyptian
Phoenicians
This were imprinted into clay with a wooden or reed stylus to represent words.
Photogynics
Pictographies
Pictographs
Pictogrape
A riddle or puzzle made up of letters, pictures, and symbols whose names sound like the syllables and words of a phrase or sentence.
Papyrus
Rebus
Pictograph
Chop
(Blank) values calligraphy. Oriental painting and calligraphy use ink onpaper or silk and motioned brushstrokes.
Egypt
Iraq
China
Portugal
A standard substrate for writing, parchmentbecame popular around 190 B.C. It was made from the skins ofdomestic animals—calves, sheep, and goats.
Rebus
Pictorgraphs
Papyrus
Chop
Revived learning and the arts across central Europe.
Charlemagne
Johannes Gutenberg
Bi Sheng
Pope Alexander VI
Threatened excommunication foranybody who illegally reproduced religious texts.
Bi Sheng
Johannes Gutenberg
Peter Schoffer
Pope Alexander VI
Was a popular method of printing in the1700s because it allowed for more polished graphics and printing procedures, resulting in high-quality printed books.
Censorship
Copper Plate
The Roman Typeface
Storefront signage
created the firstmoveable type printing press out of porcelain.
Bi Sheng
Johannes Gutenberg
Yao Ming
Lee Jun Fan
In the 14th Century, it was mandated by ________ of England that all public inns and taverns selling alcohol must have signs on the outside.
Johannes Gutenberg
Pope Alexander VI
King Richard II
Sir Emil
Non-papyrus paper production, woodblock printing, andmoveable type were all discovered in Japan, and all farearlier than you may have expected
True
False
William Caxton, introduced the printing press invented byJohann Gutenberg to England in 1476. In 1471, Caxton established apress in Bruges and began publishing his own translations of variousbooks after studying printing in Cologne.
False
Johannes Gutenberg Relation, the world's first government-sponsorednewspaper, was published and widely circulated by 1605.
True
False
Popular belief is that the renowned 1456 CE version of the Biblewas printed by this German printer______
King Richard II
Johannes Gutenberg
Willam Caxton
Peter Schoffer
Nicolas Jenson, publisher and printer who developed the roman-style typeface? ________
Jenson's Roman
Black Letter
Sans Serif
Old Style
"Old Style" was developed by?
Willam Caslon
Nicolas Jenson
John Baskerville
Laudimer Hingada
Created the first commercially accessible slab serif (also knownas Egyptian) typeface, titled "Antique."
Vincent Figgins
John Baskerville
Willam Caslon
Nicolas Jenson
What does Sans stands for?
Stroke
Within
Inside
Without
What does Serif stands for?
Tail
Line
Stroke
Extend
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