2004-06-24
TYPOGRAPHY
| It was hot type compositing which brought me here | gave me the love of printed form, and the passion to play with the printed word ||
| And the love of the image, the weights of the leads and rules, finely detailed engravings, half-tones and molded ornament became as internalized in me as the smell of printer's ink imbued my nostrils ||
| This is what inspires me to compose the page, even though the outcome doesn't always measure up to the standards of the fine typographers of the early 20th century | By that time, even the foundry font books were works of art ||
| In future editions of this blog space, expect more on this subject |
until then, a sample of other sites about the fine art of typesetting || | book arts archives | from page space to e-space | typesetting glossary | woodside press | Creativepro resources | Identi-font | U & lc
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| It was hot type compositing which brought me here | gave me the love of printed form, and the passion to play with the printed word ||
| And the love of the image, the weights of the leads and rules, finely detailed engravings, half-tones and molded ornament became as internalized in me as the smell of printer's ink imbued my nostrils ||
| This is what inspires me to compose the page, even though the outcome doesn't always measure up to the standards of the fine typographers of the early 20th century | By that time, even the foundry font books were works of art ||
| In future editions of this blog space, expect more on this subject |
until then, a sample of other sites about the fine art of typesetting || | book arts archives | from page space to e-space | typesetting glossary | woodside press | Creativepro resources | Identi-font | U & lc
¶ 09:47
