Computer Science 1033A/B Final: Multimedia and Communications Exam Study Notes

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1033A/B
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

15000-13000 bc humans paint images on cave walls. Johann gutenburg invents movable type: mass production of books. 1837 - louis daguerre invents first practical form of photo reproduction. 1858 europe and na linked by telegraph cable. 1928 disney debuts steamboat willie, first cartoon to used synchronized sounds. 1969 - arpanet established by us department of defence (internet) 1971 first email sent and @ symbol used. Text can be used to serve two purposes: conveys info, used as a graphical element. Font type characters that have a common design are grouped together into families. Serif had a fine line added to finish a letter stroke: always uses for large paragraphs of text, can read easier because line points towards next letter, times new roman, courier. San serif no line added: best for headlines and headings, comic, arial. Style variations in the appearance that puts emphasis on parts of the text.