'The largest type in England': wood lettering for jobbing printing 1800–1830
- Submitting institution
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The University of Reading
: B - Typography and Graphic Communication
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory : B - Typography and Graphic Communication
- Output identifier
- 39484
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
- DOI
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- Book title
- Vom Buch auf die Strasse: Grosse Schrift im öffenlichen Raum (Journal der HGB #3)
- Publisher
- Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst
- ISBN
- 9783932865862
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2014
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This book chapter discusses the contribution to typeface design by printers during the period 1800–1830, before wood type became commercially available. This experimental wood lettering pioneered many new designs which subsequently became available as foundry types cast in metal. It draws on collections in the Bodleian Library, Harvard University Library, Islington Local History Centre and Museum, and St Bride Library.
This output is based on original research in archives and collections and, is possibly the only publication to deal specifically with the use of wood lettering and its influence on typeface design.
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- Non-English
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