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Hear Maria Amidu talk about the techniques used for making a banner in 2015 celebrating the 1628 Petition of Right which was sent to Charles I
Examining the techniques used by Maria Amidu to create a banner in 2015 celebrating...
Video: © UK Parliament Education Service (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Images
Morison, Stanley: Times New Roman sample
Stanley Morison designed the typeface called Times New Roman.
Atanamir
book presented to Maximilian I
Book (1505) reproducing ancient Roman inscriptions that was almost surely presented...
The Newberry Library, Wing Fund, 1940 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Japanese typefaces
Three Japanese typefaces: (top) Gothic, (centre) mincho, and (bottom) Typos.
Courtesy of Visible Language, c/o The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
roman typefaces
Specimens of roman display type and decorations from the wood-type manufacturer E....
The Newberry Library, Wing Fund, 1941 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
italic typeface
The first page of Virgil's Opera, the first book to incorporate italic typeface,...
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
Gutenberg Bible
A page from the Gutenberg 42-line Bible, 1456.
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
early roman face types
Early roman face types showing (top) a paragraph from the Lactantius printed by Konrad...
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
italic typeface
Dedication page from the first book to incorporate italic typeface, Virgil's Opera,...
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
William Caxton's Cicero Desenectute
Portion of a page from William Caxton's edition of Cicero's Desenectute,...
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
Romain du Roi type
Philippe Grandjean's Romain du Roi type, from the specimen book of the Imprimerie...
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
Bodoni type
Proof sheet for an apparently unpublished specimen book by Giambattista Bodoni.
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
Linotype
Verso of the title page from Open-Air Sports, the first book set entirely...
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
A page from The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, printed by the Kelmscott Press,...
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
Cranach Press: Hamlet
William Shakespeare's The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmark, a 1930 edition...
The Newberry Library, Pocahontas Press Fund, 1971 (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Art Nouveau initial
Art Nouveau initial decoration from Henry van de Velde's essay “Déblaiement d'art.”
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
Caledonia italic
Caledonia italic, a Linotype typeface designed by W.A. Dwiggins.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
El Lissitzky cover
Catalog cover by El Lissitzky, in the Bauhaus asymmetric style.
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago
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