Main entry:

Goudy, Frederic W. (Frederic William), 1865-1947, author.

Title & Author:

Typologia : studies in type design & type making, with comments on the invention of typography, the first types, legibility, and fine printing / Frederic W. Goudy.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 1940.

Description:

xviii, 170 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 27 cm

Notes:
"This edition of Typologia is set in University of California Old Style types, designed by Frederic W. Goudy for the exclusive of the University of California Press and here used for the first time. The book has been arranged by Mr. Goudy in collaboration with Samuel T. Farquhar, Manager of the Press, and printed at the Press in August, 1940."--Colophon.
By way of explanation -- Books before printing -- The first types -- The force of tradition -- What type is -- The story of a type -- The design of types -- The designer's problem -- Details of construction -- Making the patterns -- Matrix engraving -- Legibility of type -- Fine printing.
Kelly, J. One hundred books famous in typography, 68.

Subject:

University of California Press.
Type and type-founding.
Legibility (Printing)
Type and type-founding California History.
Printing Specimens.
Lisibilité (Imprimerie)
Imprimerie Spécimens.
Printing
Typografie
Impressao (Processos)
Printing History.
California

Form/genre:

History
Specimens
Case bindings (Binding)
Bookplates (Provenance) PPT
Authors' presentation copies (Provenance) PPT
Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance) PPT
Typefaces (Type evidence) University of California Old Style.

Added entries:

Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner.
University of California Press, publisher.
Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress)

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 96052
Call No.: PO7371 Z250.A2 REF; ID:86-B18983
Status: Available