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Ye olde type references
Posted by madgeppetto in
30 Dec 2004 — 7:41pm
30 Dec 2004 — 7:41pm
short of traveling to europe and sifting through old documents, where's a good place to find clear examples of very old type? My local library is not much help, so any help would be appreciated.
Cheers!
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30 Dec 2004 — 9:53pm
Can you give us a more specific idea of what sort of 'very old type' you are wanting to see?
30 Dec 2004 — 10:12pm
Gepetto: The Typographic Book 1450-1935 by Morison and Day is probably what you're looking for, as long your interest is confined to Latin script. abebooks lists an edition for $50.
3 Jan 2005 — 10:31am
Thanks for reference! I'll look into that, once I get some $ saved.
To be more specific, I'm looking for lettering from Italy, 6th century and earlier.
Hope that helps!
4 Jan 2005 — 8:12pm
Dude, that ain't type. There are plenty of history of writing books out there. You'll find examples of Italian 6th century hand in many of them.
4 Jan 2005 — 10:06pm
Stephen
You should get away from your computer on occasion.
4 Jan 2005 — 11:40pm
Dude.
hhp
4 Jan 2005 — 9:07pm
Gerald - just curious, did Hrant get you to start saying "dude"?
5 Jan 2005 — 1:07am
Haha. Advice accepted.