Monotype Imaging
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Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc., founded as Lanston Monotype Machine Company in 1887 in Philadelphia by Tolbert Lanston, is an American company that specializes in digital typesetting and typeface desi
Monotype caster
The founding-stone of the former Monotype House in London, now in the collection of the Type Archive, London
An index of typefaces issued by Monotype
Joanna (typeface)
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Joanna is a serif typeface designed by Eric Gill from 1930 to 1931 that was named for one of his daughters. Gill chose Joanna for setting An Essay on Typography, a book by Gill on his thoughts on typo
A book published by Antonio Blado in 1531, using italics as was normal in the period similarly to Joanna in its first uses: lower-case italics, upper-case upright capitals, relatively moderate slant of the italics. The modern concept of an italic using sloped capitals had not become widespread at this time.
Gill's drawings for the italic