One of the major innovations of nineteenth-century type design were the antique faces, also known as ___________, which convey a
bold, machine-like feeling through slablike serifs, an even weight throughout the letters, and short ascenders and descenders. Vincent Figgins displayed a full range of antiques in his 1815 printing specimens.
The role of graphic design and graphic communications really expanded due to a radical process of social and economic change that took place in England during the industrial revolution between the years 1760 and 1840.
All of this change started around the year 1803, when Robert Thorne of England came up with a major category of design called fat faces. These kind of design was about roman faces whose contrast and weight were made bigger by expanding the thickness of the heavy strokes. Later the Egyptian Faces came and after them the ones called sans-serif
Out of the choices given, the issues that national government needed to address was domestic economy and security, foreign security and westward expansion. The correct answer is B.
