A Tally of Types: One of the Major Statements of Typographical Practice of Our Time

Stanley Morrison (Author); Brooke Crutchley (Edited by); Mike Parker (New Introduction by)

ISBN 10: 1567920047 / ISBN 13: 9781567920048

Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, MA, 1999

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137 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text.

Seller Inventory # 1iiAd0056

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Tally of Types: One of the Major Statements of Typographical Practice of Our Time
• Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, MA
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1567920047
• ISBN 13: 9781567920048
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 1st Printing: 1999
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • English & British Studies, Literature, History
  • Printing & Typography, Publishing
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research

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Synopsis

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. It is an impressive performance: a fine example of what is now recognised as Morison's characteristic blend of erudition and insight. What started as no more than an attempt to record the facts developed, under his hand, into one of the major statements of typographical practice of its time.

Book Description

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.