typefounding

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In his history of typefounding in the Low Countries published in 1908, Charles Enschedé printed an alphabet cast from the brass matrices.

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Pica is similar to Plantin's Mediane in Antwerp, and may reflect the influence of the Low Countries on British typefounding.

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ldquo;Dialogue” on Calligraphy and Printing in the sixteenth century, attributed to Christopher Plantin; this contains one of the earliest descriptions of typefounding.

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ldquo;Dialogue” on Calligraphy and Printing in the sixteenth century, attributed to Christopher Plantin; this contains one of the earliest descriptions of typefounding.

2010 January 28 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS 2010
ldquo;Dialogue” on Calligraphy and Printing in the sixteenth century, attributed to Christopher Plantin; this contains one of the earliest descriptions of typefounding.

Audio Interview with Marie Korey, Librarian at The Robertson Davies Library, Massey College: On Collecting the History of the Book 2010
In his extensive and well-informed discussion of early typefounding, all of which is well worth reading (

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