Main entry:

Carter, Harry, 1901-1982.

Title & Author:

A view of early typography up to about 1600 / Harry Carter ; with an introduction by James Mosley.

Publication:

London : Hyphen, 2002, ©1969.

Description:

137 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

Notes:
Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1969.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Technicalities of Type -- II. Diversity of Letter-Forms in Print -- III. Establishment of Common Idioms -- IV. Latin and Vernacular -- V. History of Typefounding and Punch-Cutting -- Supplement on Italic -- Old Names for Bodies of Type and Their Typical Values for 20 Lines in Millimetres -- Map of central Europe in 1476, showing locations of early presses, archbishoprics, universities, and the extent of the archdiocese of Cologne and the Duchy of Burgundy.

Summary:

This book examines the production and use of type in Europe from c1450-1600. Topics covered include the technicalities of the production of type, the diversity of letterforms (blackletter, roman, italic, and more), the tensions between Latin and the vernacular languages, and the establishment of standards and norms in type design.

ISBN:

0907259219
9780907259213

Subject:

Type and type-founding Europe History To 1500.
Type and type-founding Europe History 16th century.
Type and type-founding History.
Caractères d'imprimerie Histoire.
Type and type-founding.
Buchdruck
Letters.
Lettergieten.
Lettergieterijen.
Stempels.
Histoire.
Caractère typographique.
Typografi historia.
Europa.
Europe.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 222442
Call No.: Z250 .A2 C3 2002
Status: Available