The Shaping of Our Alphabet: A Study of Changing Type StylesKnopf, 1955 - 228 pages |
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... capital letters settled down into the forms we know today . The cursive small letters , like the roman lower case , were of later development . From the Phoenicians the Greeks received only consonants . They did not hesitate to adapt ...
... capital letters settled down into the forms we know today . The cursive small letters , like the roman lower case , were of later development . From the Phoenicians the Greeks received only consonants . They did not hesitate to adapt ...
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... capital letters took on the form and proportions we still regard as classic perfection . In chiseling the letters in stone , the cutters found it was difficult to give a clean finish to the end of a line . By cutting a chisel stroke at ...
... capital letters took on the form and proportions we still regard as classic perfection . In chiseling the letters in stone , the cutters found it was difficult to give a clean finish to the end of a line . By cutting a chisel stroke at ...
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... capital letters more rapidly , they began to simplify their forms , to run them together , and to extend some ... capital letters . The two styles of writing were both widely used until the eighth century . Many of their letter forms ...
... capital letters more rapidly , they began to simplify their forms , to run them together , and to extend some ... capital letters . The two styles of writing were both widely used until the eighth century . Many of their letter forms ...
Table des matières
The Wonderful Attic | 11 |
The Word in the Beginning | 21 |
Printing and the Renaissance | 45 |
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The Shaping of Our Alphabet: A Study of Changing Type Styles Frank Denman Aucun aperçu disponible - 2012 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
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