The noblest roman
Subtitle: a history of the Centaur types of Bruce Rogers
By: by Jerry Kelly and Misha Beletsky
Contributors: Beletsky, Misha, 1972- author
Publisher: RIT Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Rochester, New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781939125248; 9781939125231
Subjects: Centaur roman type; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The perfect pitch; title: The earliest roman types; title: "The most beautiful type in the world"; title: The birthright of Morris; title: Bruce Rogers of Indiana; title: Montaigne : Centaur's progenitor; title: The Centaur type; title: The name "Centaur"; title: The Centaur book; title: The sale of the Centaur type design; title: Centaur's journey; title: Monotype : British, American, or both?; title: Bruce Rogers and Stanley Morison; title: "A mill-stone round all our necks"; title: Design adjustments in Monotype Centaur; title: The Arrighi italic; title: Later variations of Centaur; title: Centaur on the cheap; title: From thick to thin (and back); title: The rescue of the foundry matrices; title: Assessments of Centaur; title: Type specimens; title: Books printed in the original foundry Centaur type; title: Biographies.