Centaur (typeface)
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Centaur is a serif typeface by book and typeface designer Bruce Rogers, based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson around 1470. He used it for his design of the Oxford Lectern Bible. I
Rogers' original drawings
Centaur & Arrighi identified separately on a metal type specimen book, at large print size
Centaur & Arrighi at text size
Centaur & Arrighi text
Bruce Rogers (typographer)
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Bruce Rogers was an American typographer and type designer, acclaimed by some as among the greatest book designers of the twentieth century. Rogers was known for his "allusive" typography, rejecting m
Rogers bookplate for the Newberry Library, featuring Rudolf Koch's Eve Bold typeface
An early (1900) Bruce Rogers bookplate, lacking his usual block text.
Type-based bookplate for the Harvard College Library
A second bookplate for the Harvard College Library, featuring a different typeface