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Historical types : from Gutenberg to Ashendene
- Title
- Historical types : from Gutenberg to Ashendene / Stan Knight.
- Author
- Knight, Stan, 1937-
- Publication
- New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFG 17-145 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Mezzanine |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Restricted use | *KAB+ 15-10 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
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- Description
- 103 pages : illustrations; 31 cm
- Summary
- "A survey of major developments in type design from the fifteen to the twentieth century, grouped by historical period. Concise commentary about the type and its maker accompanies three photographs of each type. Begins with an overview of the history of type and its study"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Specimens.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) – Adobe Garamond.
- Note
- "Book design by Stan Knight. Typography and pre-press by Marcia Friedman. The text face is 10 1/2 on 12 Adobe Garamond Pro with Adobe Garamond Premier Pro glyphs, all designed by Robert Slimbach"--Colophon.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-100) and indexes.
- Binding (note)
- Publisher's brown cloth; in illustrated book jacket.
- Contents
- Medieval types -- Italian renaissance types -- French renaissance types -- Baroque types -- Neoclassical types -- Rational types -- Nineteenth-century types -- Private press types.
- Call Number
- JFG 17-145
- ISBN
- 9781584562986
- 1584562986
- LCCN
- 2012028087
- 40021618590
- OCLC
- 802891200
- Author
- Knight, Stan, 1937- author, book designer.
- Title
- Historical types : from Gutenberg to Ashendene / Stan Knight.
- Publisher
- New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2012.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-100) and indexes.
- Binding
- Publisher's brown cloth; in illustrated book jacket.
- Place of Publication
- United States Delaware New Castle.
- Added Author
- Friedman, Marcia (Graphic designer), typographer.Slimbach, Robert, type designer.Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40021618590
- Research Call Number
- JFG 17-145*KAB+ 15-10