Main entry:

Goines, David Lance, 1945-2023

Title & Author:

A constructed Roman alphabet : a geometric analysis of the Greek and Roman capitals and of the Arabic numerals / David Lance Goines.

Publication:

Boston : D.R. Godine, 1982.

Description:

[6], 120, [61] pages : illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
"Composed, printed letterpress, and bound entirely at The Stinehour Press of Lunenburg, Vermont. The text face, Monotype Bembo, is a fine old-face design first used by the prolific Renaissance printer-scholar, Aldus Manutius. First appearing in the De Aetna of 1495, the face is named for the book's author, Pietro Bembo, secretary to Pope Leo X and later Cardinal, and was cut by the great letter designer, Francesco Griffo of Bologna. The italic headings for each letter are set in the Narrow Bembo of Alfred Fairbank, an italic letter based upon the chancery cursives used by the Roman clergy and legal secretaries and possessing all the virtues of legibility and readability associated with Fairbank's designs. The book has been printed on Mohawk Letterpress, an entirely acid-free sheet. This is a St Heironymous Press book, designed by David Lance Goines."--Colophon.

ISBN:

0879233753
9780879233754
0879233761 (deluxe)
9780879233761 (deluxe)
0906293308
9780906293300

Subject:

Alphabet.
Type and type-founding.
Calligraphy.
Calligraphie.
calligraphy (visual works)
Kapitalis
Kalligrafie.
Alfabetten.
Latin alphabet Calligraphy

Form/genre:

Private press books (Publishing) Stinehour Press. CtHT

Added entries:

Stinehour Press.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 85106
Call No.: PO9375; ID:86-B16626
Status: Available