Drei klassische Texte von drei großen Buchkünstlern und Schriftgestaltern.Schrift und Buch stehen in einer großen reichen Tradition die ihresgleichen sucht. Mit den Texten von drei einflußreichen Schrift- und Buchkünstlern soll der Blick auf die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts gerichtet werden, in der die Buchkunst noch einmal zur wirkungsvollen Entfaltung gekommen ist.Stanley Morison und Eric Gill modernisieren die englische Typografie und ...
Excerpt from A Brief Survey of Printing: History and PracticeA note of European importance was struck by the printing which came from the Doves Press, Hammersmith, established in 1900 by Mr. Cobden-sanderson. Here the typograph ical genius of Emery Walker, which had hith erto been very largely an in¿uence - a power behind the throne of good typography rather than an individual expression of creative work - expressed itself in the Doves type. T...
Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Excerpt from A Brief Survey of Printing: History and PracticeA note of European importance was struck by the printing which came from the Doves Press, Hammersmith, established in 1900 by Mr. Cobden-sanderson. Here the typograph ical genius of Emery Walker, which had hith erto been very largely an in¿uence - a power behind the throne of good typography rather than an individual expression of creative work - expressed itself in the Doves type. T...
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 typogr...
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.