On Type Faces: Examples of Use of Type for Printing of Books

Morison, Stanley

Published by Medici Society and The Fleuron, 1923

About this Item

4to (32 cm). xii, 103 pp. Cloth-backed marbled boards, paper title label on the front board, deckle edges (binding slightly rubbed at extremities, label somewhat toned, occasional foxing and spotting inside, browning of flyleaves). Copy no. 664 from 750 printed. The book was the first step made by Stanley Morison (1889 - 1967), a British typographer and historian of printing, to improve standards of printing. The volume contains a range of good types available to the public at the time divided into three broad groups: Venetian School, Old Face School, and Titling Letter. A specimen of each type is given accompanied by notes on its history and use.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Type Faces: Examples of Use of Type for Printing of Books
• Publisher: Medici Society and The Fleuron
• Publication Date: 1923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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