Selected Essays on the History of Letter-forms in Manuscript and Print 2 Volume Set
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (945 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521184681 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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"These are some of the best essays by one of the best writers on the" according to Amazon Customer. These are some of the best essays by one of the best writers on the subjects of chirography and typography. Annotations have been expanded and updated since the original printings of these essays in the twentieth century, The essays appear in two volumes which makes it easy to review plates white reading. Sadly the quality of printing is poor digital printing. The text is dark from dot gain and the images are all gray and have a screen that’s easily visible at reading distance.
The collection, first published in 1980, spans a period of forty years. During his long career Stanley Morison held appointments as typographical adviser to Cambridge University Press, to the Monotype Corporation, and to The Times, where he was responsible both for its radical new design in 1932 and for the standard history of the paper. Many of them, pioneering in their day, are now classics in their field. These two volumes bring together the majority of his most lasting essays. It includes essays on letter-forms in manuscript and in print, beginning with those published in The Flueron in the 1920s, on typefaces in sixteenth-century Italy, on the development of Latin script, on the history of learned presses and on the typography of newspapers.