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Typologia : studies in type design & type making, with comments on the invention of typography, the first types, legibility, and fine printing /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1977.
Subjects:
Type and type-founding > History.
Legibility (Printing)
Printing > History.
University of California Press.
Caractères d'imprimerie > Histoire.
Imprimerie > Histoire.
Imprimerie > Spécimens.
Lisibilité (Imprimerie)
Printing.
Type and type-founding.
Specimens.
History.
Books.
Table of Contents:
  • By Way of Explanation
  • Books Before Printing
  • The First Types
  • The Force of Tradition
  • What Type Is
  • The Story of a Type
  • The Design of Types
  • The Designer's Problem
  • Details of Construction
  • Making the Patterns
  • Matrix Engraving
  • Legibility of Type
  • Fine Printing.