Download or read book Letter Forms Typographic and Scriptorial written by Stanley Morison and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To understand the language and development of type is to know its history. Letter Forms is a collection of essays by and about Stanley Morison, adviser to Monotype, and the greatest type historian of our time. An essay by Beatrice Warde is an illuminating introduction to the man referred to as a "typographic firmament." In his own words Morison then relates the history of classifying typographical variations and delves into the literature on the subject of letterforms. Finally, the author uncovers the significance of the discovery of a 16th century manuscript by Horfei in the Vatican Library."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book The Writings of Stanley Morison A handlist written by Tony Appleton and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book First Principles of Typography written by Stanley Morison and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1936 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Early Italian Writing books written by Stanley Morison and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 1990 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printed in letterpress, with 24 duotone offset illustrations, this book examines the calligraphy of the sixteenth century from Arrighi to Ugo da Carpi, from Tagliente to Celebrino da Udine. As always with Morison, it is full of surprises, for this was Morison s particular passion, and in the area of stylistic comparisons and close observation, Morison was an undisputed master. This is, then, not only the last major Morison text to be published, but also one of fundamental importance, covering the most important period (and the most beautiful examples) in the history of calligraphy.

Download or read book The Writings of Stanley Morison written by Stanley Morison and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Selected Essays on the History of Letter forms in Manuscript and Print written by Stanley Morison and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Politics and Script Aspects of Authority and Freedom in the Development of Graeco Latin Script from the Sixth Century B C to the Twentieth Century A D written by Stanley Morison and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Fleuron written by Oliver Simon and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Tally of Types written by Stanley Morison and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1973-06-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stanley Morison provided the impetus and judgement behind the programme of typographical revival carried through by the Monotype Corporation in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Tally is an account, historical, critical and functional, of the types cut under Morison's direction during this period.

Download or read book A Handlist of the Writings of Stanley Morison Compiled by J Carter with Some Notes by Mr Morison and Indexes by Graham Pollard written by John Waynflete CARTER and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Four Centuries of Fine Printing Two Hundred and Seventy Two Examples of the Work of Presses Established Between 1465 and 1924 written by Stanley Morison and published by Grizzell Press. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Download or read book A Handlist of the Writings of Stanley Morison written by John Carter and published by Cambridge [Eng.] : Printed at the University Press for private distribution. This book was released on 1950 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stanley Morison Displayed written by Herbert Jones and published by London : F. Muller. This book was released on 1976 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stanley Morison and His Times written by Tony Appleton (Firm : Brighton, England) and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stanley Morison written by James Moran and published by Ben Uri Gallery & Museum. This book was released on 1971 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Letters of Credit written by Walter Tracy and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2003 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revolution in typesetting - a revolution that over the past two decades has eliminated a five-hundred-year-old system of hot metal production and replaced it with one of photo-generated and computer-driven composition - shows no sign of winding down. This book, more than any other we know, traces the steps that went into that revolution and simultaneously makes the argument that the letter forms themselves are in process of evolution. Tracy argues that, whether they are of the sixteenth or the twentieth century, the forms that comprise our alphabet are subject to the same rules of good taste, proportion, and clarity that have always obtained. But what we face today is vastly different from fifty years ago. For the first time, new technology has made the proliferation (and, as some would maintain, debasement) of letter forms fast and easy (or quick and dirty.) With fifty years of professional experience on both sides of the Atlantic (including thirty years as head of type design for the British Linotype Company), Tracy is in a unique position to make this argument and arrive at his sad conclusion: the design of distinguished, contemporary typefaces is far outnumbered by the mediocre and downright bad. Part of the reason for this deplorable deterioration is a lack of critical analysis of the particular esthetics involved. This step-by-step examination of type-design esthetics is precisely what Tracy provides here, while avoiding both the promoter's hype and the manufacturer's claims. Here are the gut issues of what makes type good or bad, legible or unreadable. Extensively illustrated with both typefaces and line drawings, this book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in thehistory of letters or in the artistry and peculiar problems that lie behind their production.