Printing; a textbook for printers' apprentices, continuation classes, and for general use in schools (1917)
Henry, Frank Souder, 1867- · New York, John Wiley & sons, inc.; [etc., etc.] · leaf 92
for display work, the modern romanis still used for newspapers, dictionaries, encyclopedias, andscientific books. This line is set in BodoniThis line is set in Scotch-face Roman Specimens of Modern Type Faces. 78. The Serif.—It will be observed that the letters in threeof the five groups into which… … Fig. 29.—Showing the Various Parts of a Type. the various parts of a type. Authorities claim that the serifprobably had its origin in the necessities of the old stone-cutters,who could not cut a V-shaped letter in stone and still have theends clearly defined. To admit light into the dark recesses,…
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