An edition of The noblest roman (2015)

The noblest roman

a history of the Centaur types of Bruce Rogers

The noblest roman
Jerry Kelly, Jerry Kelly
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An edition of The noblest roman (2015)

The noblest roman

a history of the Centaur types of Bruce Rogers

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RIT Press
Language
English

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Table of Contents

The 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Rochester, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
686.2/247
Library of Congress
Z250.5.C44 K45 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
pages cm

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30396792M
ISBN 13
9781939125248, 9781939125231
LCCN
2015023563

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