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What an 1899 printers' handbook says about lettering and type for the printed page
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What this guide covers
For designers, letterers and comic or picture-book makers curious about historical lettering advice. It summarises two chapters of Knaufft's Drawing for Printers (1899). Modern comic use is the curator's untested inference, and the rest of the book was not read.
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Guide title
What an 1899 printers' handbook says about lettering and type for the printed page
Coverage
For designers, letterers and comic or picture-book makers curious about historical lettering advice. It summarises two chapters of Knaufft's Drawing for Printers (1899). Modern comic use is the curator's untested inference, and the rest of the book was not read.
Useful starting points
- The handbook says ornamental letters belong in initials and short titles, not in running text.
- Its advice is to choose a lettering style from a historical model instead of inventing one.
- Check by eye that a decorated page stays plain to read; the handbook says reading pages were usually quite simple.
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