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With a little imagination it is not difficult to note the resemblance between similar letters of the old Roman capitals and those following that have been designated as script, Italic, Old English or black-letter, versal, uncial and an ...
With a little imagination it is not difficult to note the resemblance between similar letters of the old Roman capitals and those following that have been designated as script, Italic, Old English or black-letter, versal, uncial and an ...
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Stevenson said that when he was a child the capital G always impressed him as a genii swooping down to drink out of a handsome cup. Kipling's story of the invention of the alphabet is filled with similar delightful stories of the ...
Stevenson said that when he was a child the capital G always impressed him as a genii swooping down to drink out of a handsome cup. Kipling's story of the invention of the alphabet is filled with similar delightful stories of the ...
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... J; but they did not give a distinct letter form for the capital J until the sixteenth century. The small j came into being nearly a century later. The dot over the i was first introduced in a thirteenth century manuscript.
... J; but they did not give a distinct letter form for the capital J until the sixteenth century. The small j came into being nearly a century later. The dot over the i was first introduced in a thirteenth century manuscript.
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The small letters of the alphabet, sometimes called "lower case" letters because printers keep them in a case below the capitals, or "minuscule letters" in contrast with "majuscule," or capital letters, illustrate further changes due to ...
The small letters of the alphabet, sometimes called "lower case" letters because printers keep them in a case below the capitals, or "minuscule letters" in contrast with "majuscule," or capital letters, illustrate further changes due to ...
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... device): The present copy of the Psalms, adorned with beauty of capital letters, and sufficiently marked out with rubrics, has been thus fashioned by an ingenious invention of printing, and stamping without any driving of the pen.
... device): The present copy of the Psalms, adorned with beauty of capital letters, and sufficiently marked out with rubrics, has been thus fashioned by an ingenious invention of printing, and stamping without any driving of the pen.
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EDWIN ELIOTT WILLOUGHBY Printers Marks | |
THEIR FORMS AND DEVELOPMENT | |
RONALD B McKERROW Typographic Debut | |
Ligatures | |
ANNE LYON HAIGHT Are Women the Natural Enemies of Books? | |
CHRISTOPHER SANDFORD Printing for Love | |
EDWIN GRABHORN The Fine Art of Printing | |
HOLBROOK JACKSON THE TYPOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM MORRIS | |
CARL PURINGTON ROLLINS American Type Designers and Their Work | |
THEODORE LOW DE VINNE The Old and the New A FRIENDLY DISPUTE | |
ADVENTURER WITH TYPE ORNAMENT | |
SOME TENDENCIES IN MODERN TYPOGRAPHY | |
CLELAND Harsh Words | |
W A DWIGGINS EXTRACTS FROM AN INVESTIGATION INTO | |
MR MCG MR A MR L | |
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OSCAR OGG A Comparison of Calligraphy Lettering | |
EARNEST ELMO CALKINS The Book Job Print | |
G B S ANDR R C 18981948 | |
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