The Shaping of Our Alphabet: A Study of Changing Type StylesKnopf, 1955 - 228 pages |
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... Arabic , was written from right to left . So was very early Greek . Then there was a period of boustro- phedonic writing — back and forth on alternate lines — literally , “ as the ox turns " in plowing . Finally both Greeks and Latins ...
... Arabic , was written from right to left . So was very early Greek . Then there was a period of boustro- phedonic writing — back and forth on alternate lines — literally , “ as the ox turns " in plowing . Finally both Greeks and Latins ...
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... Arabic ; and it does not seem prob- able that he would have been entrusted with so difficult an assignment if he had not already established his ability . Not until 1734 did Caslon issue a specimen sheet ; when he did , it showed a ...
... Arabic ; and it does not seem prob- able that he would have been entrusted with so difficult an assignment if he had not already established his ability . Not until 1734 did Caslon issue a specimen sheet ; when he did , it showed a ...
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... Arabic Chinese 66 Belgium 81 Aldus Manutius 66,89 Belter , John Henry 157 ; ill . , 158 Benton , Linn Boyd 26 Benton , Morris 26 , 28-9 Bernhard , Lucian 159 , 216 178 ill . , 191 English 31-2 , 190-1 , 194–36 , 196–200 Binny ...
... Arabic Chinese 66 Belgium 81 Aldus Manutius 66,89 Belter , John Henry 157 ; ill . , 158 Benton , Linn Boyd 26 Benton , Morris 26 , 28-9 Bernhard , Lucian 159 , 216 178 ill . , 191 English 31-2 , 190-1 , 194–36 , 196–200 Binny ...
Table des matières
The Wonderful Attic | 11 |
The Word in the Beginning | 21 |
Printing and the Renaissance | 45 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
42-line Bible ad finem fefe American American Type Founders Baskerville Bible bla bla bla Bodoni Caslon Catilina century Cheltenham Cheltenham Bold confenfus bonorum omnium confilia non fentis developed Dutch effe effrenata jactabit audacia English etiam furor ifte face fefe effrenata jactabit finem fefe effrenata founts fuit fuper furor ifte tuus Garamond Gothic Goudy Greek Gutenberg habendi fenatus locus horum ora vultufque ifte tuus eludet invention Italic Jenson KENNERLEY letters Linotype LONG PRIMER Mainz modern Morris movable type munitiffimus habendi fenatus nibil nihil confenfus bonorum nihil hic munitiffimus nihil horum nihil timor populi nihil urbis vigilia nihilne te nocturnum nocturnum præfidium palatii patientia noftra PICA printers printing punch punch-cutting quæ quam quamdiu nos etiam quem ad finem quod Quoufque tandem abutêre Renaissance serifs SMALL PICA style type design type foundry typefounders typographic Victorian vultufque moverunt W. A. Dwiggins καὶ ὁ θεὸς אלהים