24.5 x 14.5cms 130pp Morrison relates the history of classifying typographical variations and delves into the literature on letterforms. He analyses the significance of the Horfei manuscript. It celebrates the 'fine art of distinguishing between things that differ'.

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Title: Letter Forms: Typographic & Scriptorial. Two Essays On Their Classification History & Bibliography
Publisher: Hartley and Marks Publishers
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0881791369
ISBN 13: 9780881791365
Binding: Soft cover

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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. ... For the true student of typography and the fine art of distinguishing "between things that differ," the historical insights of Letter Forms will be a source of inspiration and a glimpse into the mind of one of the most gifted typography scholars of this century.

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