Clarendon
7
and the
Wonders of the
World
A Typeface Specimen Book by Kate Vogel
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Clarendon is an English slab-serif typeface that was created by Englishman Robert Besley in 1845. Clarendon is considered the first registered typeface, with the original matrices and punches residing at the Type Museum, London. For a long time, Clarendon was used by the United States National Park Service on traffic signs.
7 Wonders
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Ancient
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Table of Contents 6) Great Pyramid
of Giza
8) Clarendon Light
Hanging
Gardens of
10)
Babylon
Statue of Zeus at Olympia
12)
Temple of
14)
Mausoleum
16)
Colossus of Rhodes
18)
Lighthouse of
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Artemis of Halicarnassus
Alexandria
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Pyramid of Khufu
is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids of Giza. This pyramid, located in Giza, Egypt, is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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Sy in m li de bo ne l br a nts s, ea n , Pyramid of Khafre ks d is the tomb of the fourth dynasty pharoah Khafre. It is made of limestone blocks.
Pyramid of Menkaure A. Smallest of the three pyramids B.Tomb of the fourth-dynasty Egyptian Pharoah Menkaure C. Pyramid is also made of granite.
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Gardens
Babylonian King Nebudchadnezzar II built the gardens for his homesick wife, Cap Height X-Height
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Amytis who longed for the trees and fragrant plants of her homeland,
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Statue of Zeus at Olympia. 12/12 Clarendon Roman 12 pt Typeface 12 pt Line Spacing A very detailed description of the sculpture and its throne was recorded by the traveler Pausanias, in the second century AD. The sculpture was wreathed with shoots of olive worked in gold and seated on a magnificent throne of cedarwood, inlaid with ivory, gold, ebony and precious stones. In Zeus’ right hand there was a small statue of crowned Nike, goddess of victory, also chryselephantine, and in his left hand, a sceptre inlaid with gold, on which an eagle perched. Plutarch, in his Life of the Roman general Aemilius Paulus, records that the victor over Macedon, when he beheld the statue, “was moved to his soul, as if he had seen the god in person,” while the first century AD Greek orator Dio Chrysostom declared that a single glimpse of the statue would make a man forget all his earthly troubles.
A very detailed description of the sculpture and its throne was recorded by the traveler Pausanias, in the second century AD. The sculpture was wreathed with shoots of olive worked in gold and seated on a magnificent throne of cedarwood, inlaid with ivory, gold, ebony and precious stones. In Zeus’ right hand there was a small statue of crowned Nike, goddess of victory, also chryselephantine, and in his left hand, a sceptre inlaid with gold, on which an eagle perched. Plutarch, in his Life of the Roman general Aemilius Paulus, records that the victor over Macedon, when he beheld the statue, “was moved to his soul, as if he had seen the god in person,” while the first century AD Greek orator Dio Chrysostom declared that a single glimpse of the statue would make a man forget all his earthly troubles.
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12/16 Clarendon Roman 12 pt Typeface 16 pt Line Spacing A very detailed description of the sculpture and its throne was recorded by the traveler Pausanias, in the second century AD. The sculpture was wreathed with shoots of olive worked in gold and seated on a magnificent throne of cedarwood, inlaid with ivory, gold, ebony and precious stones. In Zeus’ right hand there was a small statue of crowned Nike, goddess of victory, also chryselephantine, and in his left hand, a sceptre inlaid with gold, on which an eagle perched. Plutarch, in his Life of the Roman general Aemilius Paulus, records that the victor over Macedon, when he beheld the statue, “was moved to his soul, as if he had seen the god in person,” while the first century AD Greek orator Dio Chrysostom declared that a single glimpse of the statue would make a man forget all his earthly troubles.
A very detailed description of the sculpture and its throne was recorded by the traveler Pausanias, in the second century AD. The sculpture was wreathed with shoots of olive worked in gold and seated on a magnificent throne of cedarwood, inlaid with ivory, gold, ebony and precious stones. In Zeus’ right hand there was a small statue of crowned Nike, goddess of victory, also chryselephantine, and in his left hand, a sceptre inlaid with gold, on which an eagle perched. Plutarch, in his Life of the Roman general Aemilius Paulus, records that the victor over Macedon, when he beheld the statue, “was moved to his soul, as if he had seen the god in person,” while the first century AD Greek orator Dio Chrysostom declared that a single glimpse of the statue would make a man forget all his earthly troubles.
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Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
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The Temple of Artemis was a Greek temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis. It was completed, in its most famous phase, around 550 BC at Ephesus. Though the monument was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only foundations and sculptural fragments of the temple remain. The whole temple was made of marble except for the roof. The temple’s cella was enclosed in colonnades of 127 Ionic columns, each 60 feet in height.
The Temple of Artemis was a Greek temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis. It was completed, in its most famous phase, around 550 BC at Ephesus. Though the monument was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only foundations and sculptural fragments of the temple remain. The whole temple was made of marble except for the roof. The temple’s cella was enclosed in colonnades of 127 Ionic columns, each 60 feet in height.
The Temple of Artemis was a Greek temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Artemis. It was completed, in its most famous phase, around 550 BC at Ephesus. Though the monument was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, only foundations and sculptural fragments of the temple remain. The whole temple was made of marble except for the roof. The temple’s cella was enclosed in colonnades of 127 Ionic columns, each 60 feet in height.
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Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
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Statue of the Greek God, bar
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constructed to celebrate Rhodesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; victory over the ruler of Cyprus, apex
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who unsuccessfully besieged Rhodes in 305 B.C.
Lighthouse of Alexandria
CredAll info from www.wikipedia.org
Original Zeus image from library.thinkquest.org Original Rhodes art from www.supercoloring.com Original Lighthouse from www.dreamstime.com
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Original artwork and design by Kate Vogel