Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-230) and index.
Contents:
Metal type -- Cutting type by hand -- Making designs for hand punchcutting -- Cutting type by machine -- Making designs for machine-cut type -- Hot-metal typesetting -- Fonts and typefaces in metal type -- Perpetua and Lutetia -- The photographic matrix -- Making type by photography -- Drawing characters for the Lumitype -- The design of Univers -- The search for speed -- Scanned-matrix photocomposition -- Fonts and typefaces in photomatrix manufacture -- Digital and numerical techniques -- Digital and numerical photocomposition -- Digital and numerical fonts -- Laser imagesetters and the Post-Script revolution -- The Stone typeface family -- Making type with programs -- Computer science and typography -- The Colorado typemaking project.
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