Creator
Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860–1941)
Title
Printing Types: Their History. Forms, and Use.
Coverage
Cambridge
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Date
1922
Subject
Two volumes. Octavo.
Description
Covering four centuries of typographic practice in the Latin alphabet from Germany, France, and Italy, to England, the lowlands, Spain, and the New World, Updike reviews in depth the development of typography from its beginnings to the time of his writing. He delves into a complex subject with clarity, insight, and style.
Updike’s historical chapters are sandwiched between an introduction and conclusion relating the study to contemporary printshop practice. Almost all of the advice provided in those sections are as applicable today as they were a century ago, when Printing Types first appeared in print.
Updike’s historical chapters are sandwiched between an introduction and conclusion relating the study to contemporary printshop practice. Almost all of the advice provided in those sections are as applicable today as they were a century ago, when Printing Types first appeared in print.
Relation
PROVENANCE: Martin Hutner, author of several books and articles on Daniel Berkeley Updike and the Merrymount Press