The Art and Practice of Typography: A Manual of American Printing
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2018
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Print on Demand. This book offers a comprehensive examination of typography from manuscript origins through contemporary digital applications. The author takes a chronological journey commencing with the development of letters and symbols used in early handwritten manuscripts, and tracing their evolution into the movable type invented by Johannes Gutenberg in the 15th century. Particular focus is given to the major historical figures of typography, including William Morris, whose work influenced a resurgence of interest in craftsmanship and fine printing. The author also discusses 20th-century innovations such as the Linotype typesetting machine and the rise of the personal computer. The book's thematic depth spans art, history, and technology, providing a rich exploration of how typography has shaped the dissemination of ideas and knowledge throughout history. Its insights will appeal to anyone interested in the history, technique, and enduring cultural significance of typography. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. …
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- Title
- The Art and Practice of Typography: A Manual of American Printing
- Author
- Edmund Geiger Gress
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- Book Type
- print-on-demand item
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1334168326
- ISBN 13
- 9781334168321
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Martyrs in typographic history - Ecclesiastical and politi cal conditions in Europe from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries - A book of treaties on the intended marriage of Queen Elizabeth - Oliver Cromwell encourages printing and literature - First edition of Milton's Paradise Lost Thomas Roycroft prints Brian Walton's Polyglot Bib]? The first book published in England by subscription - Paper for the work allowed to come in diity free - Cardinal Mazarin discovers a copy iof Gutenberg's Forty-two Line Bible Chap-books and something about them - Poor representa tives of the art of typography - Woodcuts and type bat tered and worn - Peddled by chapmen - Dicey books Broadsides - Puritans land at Charlestown and begin to settle Cambridge and Boston - Rev. Jesse Glover solicits money for press and types - Contracts with Stephen Daye to come to new country - Rev. Glover dies - Daye reaches Cambridge with outfit - Begins printing in 1639 - The first work - The first book - Poorly printed - President Dunster of Harvard College appoints Samuel Green to succeed Daye - Another press and types added - An inventory - The printing office discontinued - Printing in the colonies of Massachusetts and Virginia - Pennsylvania second English colony to have typography - William Bradford prints an almanac - Bradford arrested in Philadelphia for printing an address - Type pages as evidence - Pied by a juryman Bradford goes to New York - First printshop there Official printer - Publishes the first New York newspaper Benjamin Franklin - Indentured to his brother J ames - The New England Courant - James is imprisoned - Benjamin becomes the publisher - The brothers disagree - Benjamin ships to New York - Meets William Bradford and goes to Philadelphia - Secures employment with Samuel Keimer Leaves for England to buy printing equipment - Goes to work in London - Returns to Philadelphia and starts a printing ofiichone of the first jobs - Publishes Poor Richard's Almanack - Proverbs widely quoted - Sells his shop to David Hall - Quaintness of Colonial typography Comments on reproductions - Page from a Caslon specimen book of 1764.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books.
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