A history of the old English letter foundries : with notes, historical and bibliographical, on the rise and progress of English typography. (1887)
Reed, Talbot Baines, 1852-1893 · London : E. Stock · leaf 102
14. Pierced Initial, at the Oxford University Press. Ante 1700. … 53. Pierced Initial. London, circa 1700. out to admit of any letter—came into use. The great letter-founders of therevival, Caslon, Baskerville, and their immediate successors, confined theirattention to the large plain initials, uniform in shape and design with their Romanletters; and it was not…
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