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    The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters
    The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters
    The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters
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    The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters

    By Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton

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    Release dateNov 15, 2013
    The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters

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      The Uses of Italic A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters - Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton

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      Title: The Uses of Italic

      A Primer of Information Regarding the Origin and Uses of Italic Letters

      Author: Frederick W. Hamilton

      Release Date: March 14, 2008 [EBook #24829]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE USES OF ITALIC ***

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      TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES—PART VI. NO. 38

      THE USES OF ITALIC

      A PRIMER OF INFORMATION

      REGARDING THE ORIGIN AND

      USES OF ITALIC LETTERS

      BY

      FREDERICK W. HAMILTON, LL.D.

      EDUCATION DIRECTOR

      UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA

      PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

      UNITED TYPOTHETAE OF AMERICA

      1918

      Copyright, 1918

      United Typothetae of America

      Chicago, Ill.

      CONTENTS

      THE USES OF ITALIC

      HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

      The first types were cut in imitation of the Gothic or black letter handwriting employed at that period in copying Bibles, missals, and the like. It was large and angular and the lines were very coarse and black. These peculiarities gave it the name. Its characteristics made it easy to read even in the dim light of a church or by the failing eyes of the aged. This form of type, however, was only suitable for large pages. When reduced in size it became very difficult to read, being an almost indistinguishable blur on the page.

      Type of the Mazarin Bible (exact size).

      The cost of materials and the unwieldiness of the great folio volumes soon caused a demand for smaller books. Gutenberg's 36-line Bible was almost immediately replaced by the 42-line Bible. A reduction of one sixth in the number of pages of a book as large as the Bible would effect a very important saving in the cost of material and labor, especially when we remember that the early printing press was a very laborious and slow affair. Gutenberg's press was capable of printing only twenty sheets an hour, or one sheet every three minutes. The invention of the movable bed, about the year 1500, increased the output of the press to two hundred sheets an hour. In 1786 the speed had risen only to two hundred and fifty sheets an hour. Cheap printing waited for the application of power to machinery.

      The big book with the big type was well enough for churches and libraries. But the purpose of printing was soon seen to be the spread of intelligence through the popularizing of literature. Books were to be placed in the hands

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