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Order Nr. 60132 ALPHABETS TO ORDER: LITERATURE OF 19TH-CENTURY TYPEFOUNDERS' SPECIMENS....

ALPHABETS TO ORDER: LITERATURE OF 19TH-CENTURY TYPEFOUNDERS' SPECIMENS.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 222 pages. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. This work explores the literature of nineteenth century typefounders Catalogues. Combining typographic scholarship and literary criticism, Alastair Johnston presents and discusses hundreds of examples of texts that show British and North American founders' interests and preoccupations with letter forms. Co-published with The British Library. Illustrated with hundreds of type specimens. READ MORE

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Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ... VI
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ... VII
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS ... VIII
INTRODUCTION ... 1
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CHAPTER 1:  'HOW LONG, O CATILINE...' 13
CHAPTER 2:  'PAN-RELIGIOUS PATERNOSTERS'... 17
CHAPTER 3:  'GUARD THE MYSTERIES...' 25
CHAPTER 4:  'TYPOGRAPHICAL SURLOIN'... 47
CHAPTER 5:  'SAVING FACE'... 61
CHAPTER 6:  'HERMIT DOMAIN'... 73
CHAPTER 7:  'BEARDRON & THE HOMER-HOURIS'... 91
CHAPTER 8:  'MONSIEUR NOODLE'S PEEPS ...' 99
CHAPTER 9:  'CONCRETE EVIDENCE'... 111
CHAPTER 10: 'MOST ARTISTIC PRINTERS...' 127
CHAPTER 11: 'TYPOGRAPHICAL TOURISM'... 143
CHAPTER 12: 'THE FELLOWSHIP OF BOHEMIAN SCRIBES'... 161
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APPENDIX A: THE LINEAGE OF BRITISH TYPEFOUNDERS ... 186
APPENDIX B: THE LINEAGE OF AMERICAN TYPEFOUNDERS ... 190
APPENDIX C: TYPE SPECIMENS CONSULTED ... 194
APPENDIX D: PERIODICALS ... 198
NAMES & SIZES OF TYPES ... 199
GLOSSARY ... 200
BIBLIOGRAPHY ... 201
INDEX ... 207