History of Typography

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Book1887

A History of the Old English Letter Foundries

Talbot Baines Reed

Traces English type founding from its earliest presses through the nineteenth century, arguing that the trade's commercial rivalries, not aesthetic movements, drove most changes in available typefaces.

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Book1922

Printing Types: Their History, Forms and Use

Daniel Berkeley Updike

Traces Western type from its origins through the eighteenth century to argue that the best typefaces are historically grounded revivals of proven forms, not novelties invented from scratch.

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A History of the Old English Letter Foundries

Printing Types: Their History, Forms and Use

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