The Albany Gazette
Date
Format
- Newspaper 1071
Type of Work
- Finished work 5467
Publishers
Techniques
- letterpress printing 94
- printing 404
Locations Made
- United States 616
- Albany 8
- New York 354
This is the first newspaper to reach Albany. It showcases a use of both utilitarian and decorative design techniques. For example, most of the typography is a very simple slab serif font for ease of readability, but the first “a” in the first column is calligraphic. This newspaper displays how typography can both be used to serve an every day purpose, like sharing the news, while also being considered design through it's organizational qualities and typographical choices.
This newspaper was released at the start of the American Industrial Revolution, at a time where the technology to make newspapers practical was blooming. Though, the newspaper soon went out of production as the publishers didn't have the means to keep up with this growing business.
