Type, typography and the typographer

Caroline Archer

doi:10.1002/9781119018193.ch6

Type, typography and the typographer

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This chapter considers the changing role of typography and the evolving practices of the typographer across six centuries. It charts the effect of technology, trade, and training on the profession as typographic responsibility passed from printer to compositor, to designer, and finally to Everyman. This chapter also considers the changing visual appearance of typographic books and their journey to free themselves from the conventions of the manuscript book and their influence on the e?book.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	A companion to the history of the book
Editors	Simon Eliott, Jonathan Rose
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Wiley Blackwell
Pages	81-94
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9781119018193
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119018193.ch6
Publication status	Published (VoR) - 16 Aug 2019

Keywords

Baskerville
books
composition
design
layout
printing
text
typefaces
typography
typographer

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Type, typography and the typographer

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