Letter Forms (Typophile Chap Books, 45.)
Publisher: Hartley and Marks Publishers
Published: June 12, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9780881791365
Subjects: Typography; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Art / Typography; Historiography; History; Paleography, Italian; Type and type-founding
First sentence: Critical bibliography is the science that identifies, separates and classifies details of the physical construction of surfaces and single sheets, tablets, books, and all other materials to which signs, alphabetical and otherwise, are applied.
Description: To understand the language and development of type is to know its history. Letter Forms is a collection of essays by and about Stanley Morison, adviser to Monotype, and the greatest type historian of our time. An essay by Beatrice Warde is an illuminating introduction to the man referred to as a "typographic firmament." In his own words Morison then relates the history of classifying typographical variations and delves into the literature on the subject of letterforms.

Finally, the author uncovers the significance of the discovery of a 16th century manuscript by Horfei in the Vatican Library.