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Noblest Roman : A History of the Centaur Types of Bruce Rogers by Misha Beletsky and Jerry Kelly (2016, Hardcover)
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Published by David R Godine, Boston 2016. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust Jacket shows light shelf wear - see photos. Overall in great shape, beautiful book. Serious book for serious type, design, and letterpress folks.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGodine Publisher, David R.
ISBN-101567925820
ISBN-139781567925821
eBay Product ID (ePID)237824108
Product Key Features
Book TitleNoblest Roman : a History of the Centaur Types of Bruce Rogers
Number of Pages122 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicBook, Graphic Arts / Typography
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign
AuthorMisha Beletsky, Jerry Kelly
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Length10.1 in
Item Width7.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-023563
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal686.2/247
SynopsisThe story behind the type, the many permutations through which it went, the myths that accrued and surrounded it are all exposed in this fully documented account of the type's genesis and development.Often and justly called "the noblest roman of them all," the book has been designed and set in a digital version especially created by Jerry Kelly who, along with co-author Misha Beletsky, have unearthed, mined, and refined a trove of typographic history to create the definitive history of what many consider the most beautiful typeface created by an American in the last century., Roughly fifteen years after Gutenberg printed the first substantial book in Mainz in 1455, Nicolas Jenson of Venice produced what has been universally recognized among the most beautiful typefaces ever created. Based on the humanistic calligraphy of the Renaissance, an even and infinitely various set of lowercase letters that had evolved from the Carolingian minuscules of the ninth century, Jenson's types were a miracle of proportion and evenness of color. In the late nineteenth century, it was imitated by Morris in his Golden Type of 1892 (far too heavy), and in the next by Cobden-Sanderson with his Doves Type, Goudy with his Deepdene, and Hunter Middleton with his Eusebius. But it was really not until Bruce Rogers, following his stint at the Riverside Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he first attempted a version of the type in his Montaigne font, tackled the challenge of creating a roman equal to (and in some ways surpassing) the Jenson original. The proof of his success is that it has been used, and held in high esteem, ever since. The story behind the type, the many permutations through which it went, the myths that accrued and surrounded it are all exposed in this fully documented account of the type's genesis and development. Often and justly called "the noblest roman of them all," the book has been designed and set in a digital version especially created by Jerry Kelly who, along with co-author Misha Beletsky, have unearthed, mined, and refined a trove of typographic history to create the definitive history of what many consider the most beautiful typeface created by an American in the last century.
LC Classification NumberZ250.5.C44K45 2016
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