A View of Early Typography has long been regarded as the classic text on the production and use of type in the first 150 years of printing. By focusing on type, Harry Carter goes to the heart of design, the point at which the material processes of printing meet the intellectual concerns of publishers and the nature of the texts they publish. Among the topics covered: the diversity of letterforms (blackletter, roman, italic, and more); the tensions between Latin and the vernacular languages; and the establishment of standards of norms in type design. This is a facsimile of the original edition, of 1969, augmented by a new introduction in which James Mosley explains the significance of the book and gives a short account of Carter's life and work.
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This review is from: A View of Early Typography: Up to About 1600 (Paperback)
I came across the original edition of this fine book in the Cal Poly SLO library while doing other research, and knew I had to have it, so I got a used copy through abebooks.com. If you're anywhere nearly as obsessed with typography as I am, then you'll be happy to hear it's back in print again.The text is very good (and much more scholarly than, say, Jan Tschichold's treatement of the field), but what makes the book truly magnificent are the beautiful specimen sheets. You'll find all the usual ones, including Gutenberg's bibles, Conrad Berner's classic Garamond sheet, and Bembo's De Aetna, but also some rare and illuminating ones, such as the Le Be that graces the cover of this reprint. Assuming Princeton Architectural Press hasn't to screw up the reproductions, you'll find this edition to be one of the most prized in your typography collection.
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I first read this book thirty years ago, which I found invaluable as a student. Having just purchased and re-read the book I have to say that it is still a classic, a must for any serious student/reader of typography. The publisher has also done a good job with the reproductions of the type specimens at the rear of the book.
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TYPE is something that you can pick up and hold in your hand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
textura type, typographical history, specimen facsimiles, early typography, descending strokes, printing types, humanistic script, steel punches, printed area, other printers, roman face, book script, early printing, first printer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black Letter, Low Countries, Gutenberg Jahrbuch, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Great Primer, The Hague, Robert Estienne, New Learning, Jacob Sabon, Carl Wehmer, Mechanick Exercises, Schweizer Stempelschneider, Type Specimen Facsimiles, University Press, Wendelin de Spira, Conrad Berner, Council of Trent, Die Egenolff-Luthersche, Felice Feliciano, Josse Bade, Josse Badius, Ameet Tavernier, Brothers of the Common Life, Correspondance de Christophe Plantin, Frankfurter Schriftproben New!
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TYPE is something that you can pick up and hold in your hand. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
textura type, typographical history, specimen facsimiles, early typography, descending strokes, printing types, humanistic script, steel punches, printed area, other printers, roman face, book script, early printing, first printer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Black Letter, Low Countries, Gutenberg Jahrbuch, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Great Primer, The Hague, Robert Estienne, New Learning, Jacob Sabon, Carl Wehmer, Mechanick Exercises, Schweizer Stempelschneider, Type Specimen Facsimiles, University Press, Wendelin de Spira, Conrad Berner, Council of Trent, Die Egenolff-Luthersche, Felice Feliciano, Josse Bade, Josse Badius, Ameet Tavernier, Brothers of the Common Life, Correspondance de Christophe Plantin, Frankfurter Schriftproben New!
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