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The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection: A History and Catalog

The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection: A History and Catalog

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ISBN10: 1477323686
ISBN13: 9781477323687
Publisher: Univ Of Texas Pr
Published: Jul 12 2022
Pages: 408
Weight: 5.99
Height: 1.61 Width: 9.67 Depth: 12.03
Language: English

2023 50 Books 50 Covers Award, The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
2024 Honorable Mention, Design Awards, Graphis
2024 Finalist, Typography Competition, Communication Arts Magazine

A beautifully illustrated exploration of the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection.

The Rob Roy Kelly Wood Type Collection is a comprehensive collection of wood type manufactured and used for printing in nineteenth-century America. Comprising nearly 150 typefaces of various sizes and styles, it was amassed by noted design educator and historian Rob Roy Kelly starting in 1957 and is now held by the University of Texas. Although Kelly himself published a 1969 book on wood type and nineteenth-century typographic history, there has been little written about the creation of the wood type forms, the collection, or Kelly.

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