A brief survey of printing : history and practice by Morison Stanley 1889-1967 & Jackson Holbrook 1874-1948

Author:Morison, Stanley, 1889-1967 & Jackson, Holbrook, 1874-1948
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Printing -- History, Type and type-founding
Publisher: New York : A.A. Knopf
Published: 1923-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

THE HISTORY OF PRINTING TYPES

Handwriting is of course the forerunner of printing. The livelihood of the first printers depended upon their being able to reproduce by movable types a fair imitation of the manuscript books of their generation and locality. Hence it is that Gutenberg 1 ' 2 of Mainz in Germany (who it is generally held invented printing with movable types in 1448 or '50), cut gothic letters. In Germany these letters have held their own until the present century. In France, Italy, and the Latin countries generally, the roman letter was much used by the scribes in later Renaissance times. The gothic letter had therefore a short life everywhere but in the Netherlands, 3 Germany, and England.^ In 1465 appeared an edition of Ladan-tius printed at Subiaco in a letter more roman than gothic in spirit. 4 Semi-roman letters were also cut by Gunther Zainer s at Augsberg in 1475, kut in 1469 John of Spira, a printer at Venice, brought out the first pure roman letter. Next year Jenson followed with an al-moft identical type. 6 This letter completely defeated the gothic in Italy. Aldus, also of Venice, followed in 1494 with a type founded upon Jenson, and in 15 o i astonished the world with the firft italic letter. 7 It was Geofroy Tory, artist, scholar, and painter,who achieved

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