Essex Fonts And Font Covers

Author : Francis Bond
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ISBN 13 : 9781332128570
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book Fonts and Font Covers (Classic Reprint) written by Francis Bond and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fonts and Font Covers After finishing a book the first duty incumbent on the writer is to apologise for its existence. The apology for the present volume is that, while there are numerous valuable papers on individual fonts, or groups of fonts, e.g., by Mr J. Romilly Allen, Dr Alfred Fryer, and Miss Emma Swann, to which should be added an excellent chapter by Dr J. Charles Cox and Mr Alfred Harvey in English Church Furniture, no book has as yet dealt with the subject as a whole, except, to a somewhat limited extent, the two volumes published more than sixty years ago by Mr F. Simpson and Mr T. Combe. Each of these contains a brief introduction, in the latter case by Mr F. A. Paley; otherwise in both the text is little more than a catalogue raisonne of individual fonts. In both books the illustrations were of necessity reproduced from drawings, and in Mr Simpson's book the engravings were of great beauty; but drawings are apt to be inaccurate, and, however beautiful, cannot be relied upon for the scientific accuracy of a photograph. Nor are the examples given sufficient in number to cover the various types of fonts; Mr Combe illustrated 123 fonts, Mr Simpson only 40, and in both cases the illustrations were on a very small scale. In the present volume the number of illustrations amounts to 426, of which by far the greater number have never appeared before, and the more important examples are reproduced on a large scale. As for the subject of Font Covers, it is practically virgin soil. It is believed that the great number, variety, beauty, and interest of the fonts and font covers here illustrated will come as a surprise and revelation to all but the very few who know their England. It is indeed a subject for thankfulness, that, in spite of all her troubles and vicissitudes, the English Church has been able to preserve and hand down to us such a priceless store of mediaeval art. Too long English folk have been indifferent to or ignorant of the treasures of their own country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."