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Stanley Morison

British type designer

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type designer (1889–1967)

Born 1889
Died 1967

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  • Cover of: unacknowledged hero of the fourth century: Damasus I.

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  • Cover of: Articles from Encyclopaedia Britannica, 14th edition 1929

    First published in 1929 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Aspects of authority and freedom in relation to Graeco-Latin script, inscription, and type ...

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  • Cover of: bibliography of newspapers and the writing of history

    First published in 1954 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Black letter: its history and current use.

    First published in 1937 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Byzantine elements in humanistic script: illustrated from the Aulus Gellius of 1445 in the Newberry Library.

    First published in 1952 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: craft of printing.

    First published in 1921 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Decorated types.

    First published in 1928 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Bembo-Schrift des Aldus Manutius, als Monotype Schrift.

    First published in 1945 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: earliest known work of Arrighi.

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  • Cover of: Early humanistic script and the first Roman type.

    First published in 1943 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Edward Topham, 1751-1820, Eton and Trin. Coll. Camb.: author of "The fool" and other farces : conductor of the World and fashionable advertiser : member of the "Keep-the-Line"-Club and a gentleman of fashion and public character.

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  • Cover of: Edward Topham, 1751-1820, Eton and Trin. Coll. Camb., author of "The fool" and other farces, conductor of the World and fashionable advertiser, member of the "Keep-the-Line"-Club, and a gentleman of fashion and public character

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  • Cover of: English liturgical books

    First published in 1942 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: English newspaper: some account of the physical development of journals printed in London between 1622 & the present day.

    First published in 1932 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Every good wish for Christmas and the New Year from the University Press, Cambridge.

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  • Cover of: Evstachio Celebrino da Vdene, calligrapher, engraver and writer for the Venetian printing press

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  • Cover of: Excerpts from the postscript by Stanley Morison to the 1967 edition of First principles of typography.

    First published in 1978 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Excerpts from the postscript to the 1967 edition of 'First principles of typography'.

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  • Cover of: Fra Luca de Pacioli of Borgo S. Sepoleno

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We need a photo of Stanley Morison

type designer (1889–1967)

Born 1889
Died 1967

Subjects

Printing, Type and type-founding, History, Specimens, Title pages, Penmanship, Biography, Alphabets, Imprints, Lettering, Oxford University Press, English newspapers, Italian Paleography, Liturgies, Printers, Scholarly publishing, Writing, Bibliography, Book design, Caractères d'imprimerie, Church of England, Facsimiles, Graphic design (Typography), Historiography, Paleography

Places

Great Britain, England, Italy, Cambridge, London, Oxford, Boston, Boston (Mass.), Cambridge (England), Europe, France, German-speaking Europe, Germany, London (England), Massachusetts, Oxford (England), United States, Venice, Venice (Italy)

People

John Fell (1625-1686), Edward Topham (1751-1820), Luca Pacioli (ca. 1445-1517), Stanley Morison (1889-1967), Thomas More Sir, Saint (1478-1535), Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941), Lucas Pacioli, Aldo Manuzio (1449 or 50-1515), Anton Janson, Antonio Blado (1490-1567), Aulus Gellius, B. L. Ullman (1882-1965), Charles Thomas Jacobi (1853-1933,), Charles Whittingham (1795-1876), Claude Garamond (-1561), Damasus I Pope (305-384), Dawks family, Edward Topham, Francesco Colonna (d. 1527), Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, Giovanni Battista Verini, Ichabod Dawks, Ichabod Dawks (1661-1730), Ichabod, 1661-1731 Dawks, John Bell (1745-1831)

Time

20th century, 17th century, 19th century, 18th century, 16th century

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Alternative names

  • Morison, Stanley
  • Morison Stanley
  • MORISON,Stanley
  • Stanley 1889-1967 Morison
  • Stanley MORISON
  • Stanley Arthur Morison

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August 10, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris Add brief bio and full name from Wikidata
August 10, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import