A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: with Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.Reed, Talbot Baines
History
A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: with Notes, Historical and Bibliographical, on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.
Reed, Talbot Baines
Printing -- England -- History; Type and type-founding -- England -- History
Small Pica. │Philosophie. │Brevier. │Descendiaan. │(Filosofia.) │ .... │
│12. Long Primer. │Petit Romain. │Corpus or Garmond.│Garmond. │Garamone. │Entredos. │
│13. Bourgeois. │Gaillarde. │(Borgis.) │Burgeois or Galjart.│Garamoncino. │ .... │
│14. Brevier. │Petit Texte. │Petit or Jungfer. │Brevier. │Testino. │Breviario. │
│15. Minion. │Mignone. │Colonel. │Colonel. │Mignona. │Glosilla. │
│16. Nonpareil. │Nonpareille. │Nonpareille. │Nonparel. │Nompariglia. │Nompareli. │
+────────────────────────+──────────────────────+──────────────────+────────────────────+───────────────+─────────────+
│17.│ Pearl. │Parisienne or Sedan. │Perl. │Joly. │Parmigianina. │ .... │
│ │ │Perle. │ │Peerl. │ │ │
+ +────────────────────+──────────────────────+──────────────────+────────────────────+───────────────+─────────────+
│ │ (Diamond.) │Diamant. │Diamant. │Robijn. │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │Diamand. │ .... │ .... │
+────────────────────────+─────────────────────────────────────────+────────────────────+─────────────────────────────+
{36}
A few notes on the origin of the names of English type-bodies will
conclude our observations on this subject.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account