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Modern typographers view typography as a craft with a very long history tracing its origins back to the first punches and dies used to make seals and coinage currency in ancient times. The basic elements of typography are at least as old as civilization and the earliest writing systems —a series of key developments that were eventually drawn ...
William Caslon I (1692/93 – 23 January 1766), also known as William Caslon the Elder, [1] was an English typefounder.The distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the leading printers of the day in England and on the continent.
Rusher's Patent Types were the characters of an experimental serif typeface invented, patented and promoted by Philip Rusher in Banbury, England, from 1802 onwards. [b] The typeface removed the descenders from the lower-case letters and shortened the ascenders, which Rusher hoped would make the typeface "more uniform" and save paper.
The History and Technique of Lettering. Dover Publications, Inc. ISBN 0-486-40281-9. LCCN 57-13116. The Dover edition is an abridged and corrected republication of the work originally published in 1950 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. under the title Lettering: The History and Technique of Lettering as Design. Moxon, Joseph (1683–84).
Robert Thorne (1754 – 11 March 1820) [1] was a British type founder and typographer. [2] An apprentice to Thomas Cottrell, who had been an employee of William Caslon, [3] Thorne later acquired Cottrell's type foundry. [4]
The history of typography may refer to: History of Western typography, for the history of typography in Europe and the wider Western world;
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At a time when books in England were generally printed to a low standard, using typefaces of conservative design, Baskerville sought to offer books created to higher-quality methods of printing than any before, using carefully made, level presses, a high quality of ink and very smooth paper pressed after printing to a glazed, gleaming finish.