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  • 11Point system of type bodies — Type Type, n. [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure, image, a form, type, character, Gr. ? the mark of a blow, impression, form of character, model, from the root of ? to beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.] [1913 Webster] 1. The mark or …

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  • 12Unity of type — Type Type, n. [F. type; cf. It. tipo, from L. typus a figure, image, a form, type, character, Gr. ? the mark of a blow, impression, form of character, model, from the root of ? to beat, strike; cf. Skr. tup to hurt.] [1913 Webster] 1. The mark or …

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  • 13Century Type Family — Century refers to a family of type faces derived from the original Century Roman cut by American Type Founders’ designer Linn Boyd Benton in 1894. Despite originating in the nineteenth century, use of the typeface remains strong, for periodicals …

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  • 14Goudy Old Style — Infobox font name = Goudy Old Style style = Serif classifications = Old Style releasedate = 1916 creator = Frederic W. Goudy foundry = American Type Founders foundries = Lanston Type Co. Bitstream LinotypeGoudy Old Style (also known as just… …

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  • 15List of typefaces designed by Frederic Goudy — A sample of Goudy Old Style. A sample of …

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  • 16typography — /tuy pog reuh fee/, n. 1. the art or process of printing with type. 2. the work of setting and arranging types and of printing from them. 3. the general character or appearance of printed matter. [1635 45; < NL typographia, equiv. to Gk týpo(s)&#8230; …

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  • 17Caslon — This article is about the typeface. For the person, see William Caslon. For other uses, see Caslon (disambiguation). Category Serif Classification Old Style[ …

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  • 18History of Western typography — Contemporary typographers view typography as craft with a very long history tracing its origins back to the first punches and dies used to make seals and currency in ancient times. The basic elements of typography are at least as old as&#8230; …

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  • 19Cyrillic — For Unicode block, see Cyrillic (Unicode block). Cyrillic …

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  • 20calligraphy — calligrapher, calligraphist, n. calligraphic /kal i graf ik/, calligraphical, adj. calligraphically, adv. /keuh lig reuh fee/, n. 1. fancy penmanship, esp. highly decorative handwriting, as with a great many flourishes: She appreciated the&#8230; …

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