Transitional Serif
トランジショナル / 18th century / Style / Type Classification
Raised the axis toward vertical, sharpened the contrast, and designed paper and ink together — type as a made object, independent of writing.
Near-vertical axis / Strengthened contrast / Sharp horizontal serifs / Designed with polished paper
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Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
- Further study
- John Baskerville / the Romain du Roi / 18th-century papermaking and printing