The Practice of Typography 1902

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The Practice of Typography; A Treatise on the Processes of Type-Making, the Point System, the Names, Sizes, Styles and Prices of Plain Printing Types

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Theodore Low De Vinne

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The Century Co.

Place of Printing:

New York

Date of Printing:

1902

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Author and Commentators

Theodore Low De Vinne (1828-1914). American printer, publisher, and type historian. One of the founders of the Grolier Club.

The Book

2nd Edition. 403 pages. Illustrated. This book was based on a summary of notes collected by De Vinne starting in 1860. It covers the process of making printing type and discusses the historic types used over the centuries.

Contents

• Preface. Page 5.
• Chapter I. The Processes of Type-making. Page 9.
• Chapter II. The Names of eh Leading Sizes of Types. Page 53.
• Chapter III. The Point System. Page 123.
• Chapter IV. A Font of Type. Page 165.
• Chapter V. Faces or Styles of Type: Old Style Roman. Page 182.
• Chapter VI. Modern Faces of Roman Letter. Page 209.
• Chapter VII. Condensed Roman Types. Page 255.
• Chapter VIII. Italic Types. Page 269.
• Chapter IX. Fat-face or Title-types. Page 281.
• Chapter X. Black-letter. Page 291.
• Chapter XI. Gothic. Page 315.
• Chapter XII. Antique Types, Runic, Celtic, and Italian. Page 323.
• Chapter XIII. The Classes and Prices of Printing-types. Page 336.
• Chapter XIV. Large Types. Wood Types. The Pantograph.
• Benton’s Punch Cutting Machine. Page 345.
• Chapter XV. Recent Quaint Styles of Plain Type. Page 359.
• Index. Page 381.

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