Typographia: Or the Printer's Instructor

ISBN-13: 9780367152109 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 286 str.

Thomas F. Adams

Opis

Published in 1981: Authors of early English and American printers's manuals casually appropriated text from their predecessors. The author who, whose Typographia is reprinted here, was found to be the worst and boldest of offenders.

Spis treści

Preface.  Introduction.  1. Typographia.  2. A Fount of Letter, as Considered by Letter Founders.  3. Rules.  4. Composing.  5. Imposing.  6. Correctors and Correcting.  7. The Duty of an Overseer.  8. The Press.  9. Inking Apparatus.  10. Improved Presses.  11. Warehouse Department.

O autorze

Thomas F. Adams