The practice of typography; a treatise on the processes of type-making, the point system, the names, sizes, styles and prices of plain printing types (1899)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : The Century co. · leaf 210
masterin the art of engraving on wood. Portuguese old-style, ou body 14, solid. From the Impreusa Nacioual de Lisboa, by permission of the manager, Dr. V. Deslandes. Wlien William Morris deteriniiied to make a newstyle of roniaii type, he seleeted for his model thereman type on great-primer body of… … HE Kelm^scott Pressbegan workat Hammer/smith in Fe^bruary 1891.The design^erofthetype;| W.Morris,took as hismodel Nicholas Jensens Roman let^ter used in Venice in the 15th Cen^tury, and which unites in the fullestdegree the necessary qualities of pur^ityof line and legibility. Jenson…
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