The Shaping of Our Alphabet: A Study of Changing Type StylesKnopf, 1955 - 228 pages |
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... typefounder had never learned to do things wrong . Like many another man of outstanding achievement , Cas- lon found his niche by chance . It was as apprentice to an engraver of gun stocks and barrels that his hand acquired its skill ...
... typefounder had never learned to do things wrong . Like many another man of outstanding achievement , Cas- lon found his niche by chance . It was as apprentice to an engraver of gun stocks and barrels that his hand acquired its skill ...
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... typefounder of his time . England , so long dependent on foreign sources , stopped its type imports almost completely , and for the first time in history sold type abroad . The Caslon face has been a baffling challenge to type designers ...
... typefounder of his time . England , so long dependent on foreign sources , stopped its type imports almost completely , and for the first time in history sold type abroad . The Caslon face has been a baffling challenge to type designers ...
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... typefounder , but a newcomer to the business with no background of tradition or prejudices . Baskerville was an egotistical amateur who set out to prove that he could do everything from designing type to mixing ink better than the ...
... typefounder , but a newcomer to the business with no background of tradition or prejudices . Baskerville was an egotistical amateur who set out to prove that he could do everything from designing type to mixing ink better than the ...
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 |
The Shaping of Our Alphabet: A Study of Changing Type Styles Frank Denman Aucun aperçu disponible - 2012 |
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