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Word: giovan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...exhibit gives evidence of the gradual idealization of the printed, rather than the handwriting, letterform. One 1570 piece exemplifies the increasing dominance of the roman types, Giovan france Cresci, a calligrapher, tried to invigorate his own fading business by putting together a book whose lettering suggested that hand should imitate machine...

Author: By Dante E.A. Ramos, | Title: An Exhibition of a Different Type | 2/11/1993 | See Source »

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