Typographia
or The Printer's Instructor
1st Edition
Published on 21. August 2019
304 pages
978-0-429-61904-5 (ISBN)
Description
Published in 1981: Authors of early English and American printers's manuals casually appropriated text from their predecessors. The practice, common enough not to require explanation or acknowledgement ( much less apology), was documented by Lawrence C. Wroth in 1935. Citing borrowed passages and devising a literary family tree, Wroth measured the original work of typographical writers from Moxon to De Vinne, with much more praise for them but with less for those in between. The author who, whose Typographia is reprinted here, was found to be the worst and boldest of offenders.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-0-429-61904-5 (9780429619045)
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Person
Thomas F. Adams
Content
Preface. Introduction. 1. Typographia. 2. A Fount of Letter, as Considered by Letter Founders. 3. Rules. 4. Composing. 5. Imposing. 6. Correctors and Correcting. 7. The Duty of an Overseer. 8. The Press. 9. Inking Apparatus. 10. Improved Presses. 11. Warehouse Department.
