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The Noblest Roman: A History of the Centaur Types of Bruce Rogers
Kelly, Jerry; Beletsky, Misha
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Description for The Noblest Roman: A History of the Centaur Types of Bruce Rogers
hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: AKD; AKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 185 x 15. Weight in Grams: 499.
Roughly fifteen years after Gutenberg printed the first substantial book in Mainz in 1455, Nicolas Jenson of Venice produced what has been universally recognized among the most beautiful typefaces ever created. Based on the humanistic calligraphy of the Renaissance, an even and infinitely various set of lowercase letters that had evolved from the Carolingian minuscules of the ninth century, Jenson’s types were a miracle of proportion and evenness of color. In the late nineteenth century, it was imitated by Morris in his Golden Type of 1892 (far too heavy), and in the next by Cobden-Sanderson with his Doves Type, Goudy ... Read more
Roughly fifteen years after Gutenberg printed the first substantial book in Mainz in 1455, Nicolas Jenson of Venice produced what has been universally recognized among the most beautiful typefaces ever created. Based on the humanistic calligraphy of the Renaissance, an even and infinitely various set of lowercase letters that had evolved from the Carolingian minuscules of the ninth century, Jenson’s types were a miracle of proportion and evenness of color. In the late nineteenth century, it was imitated by Morris in his Golden Type of 1892 (far too heavy), and in the next by Cobden-Sanderson with his Doves Type, Goudy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
David R. Godine, Publisher United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
122
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9781567925821
SKU
V9781567925821
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Kelly, Jerry; Beletsky, Misha
Jerry Kelly is a calligrapher, book designer, and type designer; his work has been honored more than thirty times for the AIGA “Fifty Books of the Year.” In 2015 he was presented with the 28th Goudy Award from RIT. Before starting his own design business in 1998, Kelly was Vice President of The Stinehour Press, preceded by ... Read more
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