A type-specimen sheet from Giambattista Bodoni’s Manual of Typography, originally published in 1818. Having once leafed through an original 1818 edition (under strict supervision), ...

Ordinary body type might be something like 10 “points,” with headlines starting around 12 “points.” In this measurement, 72 points equals an inch. In the days before computer publishing, headline ...

A prolific and impassioned collector of rare type specimen books, ... One aspect amused me no end: many well-known typefaces had been given Indian names: Clarendon is Tilak, Bodoni is Govind, ...