The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection
University of Texas Press (Verlag)
978-1-4773-2368-7 (ISBN)
2023 50 Books | 50 Covers Award, The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
2024 Honorable Mention, Design Awards, Graphis
2024 Finalist, Typography Competition, Communication Arts Magazine
A beautifully illustrated exploration of the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection.
The Rob Roy Kelly Wood Type Collection is a comprehensive collection of wood type manufactured and used for printing in nineteenth-century America. Comprising nearly 150 typefaces of various sizes and styles, it was amassed by noted design educator and historian Rob Roy Kelly starting in 1957 and is now held by the University of Texas. Although Kelly himself published a 1969 book on wood type and nineteenth-century typographic history, there has been little written about the creation of the wood type forms, the collection, or Kelly.
In this book, David Shields rigorously updates and expands upon Kelly’s historical information about the types, clarifying the collection’s exact composition and providing a better understanding of the stylistic development of wood type forms during the nineteenth century. Using rich materials from the period, Shields provides a stunning visual context that complements the textual history of each typeface. He also highlights the non-typographic material in the collection—such as borders, rules, ornaments, and image cuts—that have not been previously examined. Featuring over 300 color illustrations, this written history and catalog is bound to spark renewed interest in the collection and its broader typographic period.
David Shields is an associate professor in and was the chair of the Department of Graphic Design at Virginia Commonwealth University, former head of the design program at the University of Texas at Austin and, from 2004 to 2012, the custodian for the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection, which is housed at the Harry Ransom Center.
Acknowledgments
I An Introduction
II
A. Rob Roy Kelly—“Midwestern Pluralist and Pragmatist”
B. Stephen Saxe, “Reflections on American Wood Type 1828–1900”
C. Tracy Honn, untitled essay
D. The Collection after Kelly
III
A. A Time Line of American Manufacturers
B. Production Methods
C. Planing Patterns
D. Manufacturer’s Stamps in Collection
E. Hand-List of Known American Wood Type Specimen Catalogs to 1901
IV
A. Classification System
B. Style Descriptions
V
A. Type Specimens
— 001–123 specimen pages
B. Type Specimens from Other Collections and Three Unaccounted Faces
— 001–016 specimen pages
C. Borders, Ornaments, and Cuts
— 001–019 specimen pages
D. Adobe Wood Type, Adobe Originals, 1988–1994
Appendix A. Hand List of 1964 Folio
Appendix B. Bibliography of Kelly Texts and Collected Papers
Appendix C. Bibliography of Kelly’s Donations, with Current Locations
Appendix D. Rob Roy Kelly’s Teaching Appointments
Notes
Reference Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.06.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 315 color photos |
| Verlagsort | Austin, TX |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 235 x 298 mm |
| Gewicht | 2667 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile | |
| Informatik ► Grafik / Design ► Desktop Publishing / Typographie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4773-2368-6 / 1477323686 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4773-2368-7 / 9781477323687 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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