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  Teoria del type design

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  Teoria del type design (Type Design Theory), the first comprehensive theory of type design, is published in its first Italian edition by Ronzani Editore.

  Written by Gerard Unger – a Dutch designer and lecturer internationally recognised as one of the most authoritative exponents of the discipline – and published in its original edition in 2018, the theory immediately established itself as a classic of typographic literature.

  The book is divided into 25 short chapters, each addressing a specific aspect of type design, from the relationship to language to styles, from the importance of historical patterns to digital evolution, from legibility to expressiveness. The chapters are accompanied by more than 200 images and practical examples; terminology is clarified by a comprehensive glossary.

  The ‘Theory’ will appeal to anyone with a sincere interest in typography; the comprehensiveness of the treatment and the clarity of the exposition make it suitable for a wide audience: from professionals in the field to students of typography and design, to simple enthusiasts of this marvellous art that has been giving shape to our words for more than five centuries.

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  Published by Ronzani Editore
  Preface by Gerry Leonidas and a recollection by Riccardo Olocco

  16.5 × 24 cm
  252 pages
  Dutch hardback
  Italian
  Isbn 978-88-94911-43-5

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  Calligraphy 1535-1885

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  A collection – compiled by Carla Marzoli and published in 1962 by La Bibliofila – of seventy-two calligraphic manuscripts and specimens ranging from the 16th to the 19th century, from the Italian, French, Dutch and Spanish schools, catalogued, described and richly illustrated with 210 illustrations and an introduction by Stanley Morison. Each 178-page volume, originally printed in 2000 copies, is numbered; design by Max Huber.

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  Published by La Bibliografica, 1962
  Compiled by Carla Marzoli
  Introduction by Stanley Morison
  Book design Max Huber

  17 × 24.5 cm
  178 pages
  210 illustrations
  Paperback
  English

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  Fra tipi e copie

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  Fra tipi e copie (Between Types and Copies) is a mine of memories, anecdotes, and considerations, a lively and well-written picture of the world revolving around the world of printing and publishing in the fifty years preceding the Great War. This book is a collection of about forty articles written by Giacomo Bobbio, printer, Garibaldian volunteer in Bezzecca and Monterotondo, inspirer and agitator of trade union initiatives, journalist and self-taught writer with a passion for the printing trades – all of them: from thirteen-year-old apprentice to director of the Senate Printing House, to (unfortunate) owner of a printing house.

  The articles were largely published in L’Arte della Stampa and, brought together in a volume in 1913, were so successful that a second edition was needed the following year. This too Fra tipi e copie, like other titles of 19th century typography, is rare to find on the antiquarian market, even at high prices. The Ronzani publishing proposal aims to make up for these difficulties by offering those interested in the world of books a new accurate edition in a beautiful and easy-to-read format.

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  Published by Ronzani Editore
  382 pages
  Paperback
  Isbn 979-12-59600-26-4

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  L’estetica tipografica e altri scritti sulla tipografia (1871-1879)

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  “… we cannot place anything else but the Manualetto d’estetica tipografica by ‘Signor’ Giulio Pozzoli and the Manualetto d’estetica tipografica by ‘Signor’ Giuseppe Chiantore [1813-1902]. The latter work especially deserves praise as much for the beauty of its literary form as for the goodness of the teachings it contains”. (G. Bobbio, 1879, p. 168).

  Giuseppe Chiantore’s Dissertazione estetica sulla tipografia is a text that has never been reprinted since 1874, when it came out as an appendix to the Preface to Giambattista Bodoni’s Manuale tipografico, in the edition edited by Salvadore Landi and printed in Florence.
  Not much is known about Giuseppe Chiantore (1814-1902), but the Dissertazione estetica and the other writings collected in this book qualify him as an important figure in 19th century typography. He was an apprentice at the Turin printing house of Carlo Chirio and Carlo Mina. In 1839, he obtained a printer’s patent for the city of Alba. He entered into partnership with Gioacchino Sansoldi and in 1840 began operating under the name Tipografia Chiantore e Sansoldi. After about ten years he was in Pinerolo as printer to the Town Hall, and then to His Majesty. From 1873 to 1880 he went on to manage the Unione Tipografica di Torino founded by Giuseppe Pomba.

  In addition to the Dissertation, it appears that Giuseppe Chiantore wrote only a few short occasional texts, all of which are reproduced here; the volume closes with a series of plates of Bodoni frontispieces taken from L’arte di Giambattista Bodoni by Raffaello Bertieri, Milan, 1913.

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  Published by Ronzani Editore
  136 pages
  Paperback
  Isbn 978-88-87007-82-4

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