Quote of the Day
"The first book that could be easily carried arround was printed in Venice in 1501. It was called a pocket book. It was printed in Italic, which was thinner than the other styles of type, and was said to be an imitation of Petrarch's handwriting. Printers kept their letters in cases arranged before them on a table. Each letter had a compartment.
Capital letters were kept in the upper case, and small letters in the lower case."
-from the New Yorker article, Man of Letters : Matthew Carter's life in type design.
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