MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01703cam a22003138i 4500
001 2015023563
003 DLC
005 20150729083651.0
008 150724s2015 nyu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2015023563
020 $a9781939125248 (print : alk. paper)
020 $z9781939125231 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aZ250.5.C44$bK45 2015
082 00 $a686.2/247$223
100 1 $aKelly, Jerry,$d1955-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe noblest roman :$ba history of the Centaur types of Bruce Rogers /$cby Jerry Kelly and Misha Beletsky.
263 $a1509
264 1 $aRochester, New York :$bRIT Press,$c[2015]
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe perfect pitch -- The earliest roman types -- "The most beautiful type in the world" -- The birthright of Morris -- Bruce Rogers of Indiana -- Montaigne : Centaur's progenitor -- The Centaur type -- The name "Centaur" -- The Centaur book -- The sale of the Centaur type design -- Centaur's journey -- Monotype : British, American, or both? -- Bruce Rogers and Stanley Morison -- "A mill-stone round all our necks" -- Design adjustments in Monotype Centaur -- The Arrighi italic -- Later variations of Centaur -- Centaur on the cheap -- From thick to thin (and back) -- The rescue of the foundry matrices -- Assessments of Centaur -- Type specimens -- Books printed in the original foundry Centaur type -- Biographies.
650 0 $aCentaur roman type$xHistory.
600 10 $aRogers, Bruce,$d1870-1957.
700 1 $aBeletsky, Misha,$d1972-$eauthor.