Type Spaces: In-house Norms in the Typography of Aldus Manutius - Softcover

Burnhill, Peter

 
9780907259190: Type Spaces: In-house Norms in the Typography of Aldus Manutius
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0907259197 ISBN 13: 9780907259190
Verlag: Hyphen Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Type Spaces examines pages of books printed and published by Aldus Manutius in Venice around 1500. By measuring the word-spaces, author Peter Burnhill discerns a system of measurement at work and comes up with the surprising suggestion that this printing shows a unified system of dimensions: of type size, of 'leading' or line-increment, of line length, and of text area. He argues that the exceptional figures of Manutius and his punchcutter, Francesco Griffo, used a set of 'in-house norms.'
This system of unified measurement has a rationality that can apply to any process of type design, in any age, and with any system of production, making the book relevant even for contemporary designers. Since the passing of metal type, we have had no clear method of measuring type size and Burnhill's work suggests a new (or very old) approach to measurement in typography.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Peter Burnhill is a typographer who teaches and lives in Stafford, England. He has been involved in the major typography reform movements in Britain.

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Verlag
Hyphen Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0907259197
ISBN 13 
9780907259190
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
144
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