stanley morison, most eminent typographical scholar of the twentieth century, was born 6 M
stanley morison, most eminent typographical scholar of the twentieth century, was born 6 May 1889: happy 133rd stanley! post hoc ergo proper hoc: 6 may is also the feast of st john ante portam latinam—st john is patron saint of printers & engravers.image is frontispiece (tweaked a bit) from Stanley Morison | 1889—1967 | A Radio Portrait [w.s. cowell, ipswich, 1969; photo by janet stone]. caption set in times new roman, the face designed by morison for his 1932 redesign of The Times—for more typeface info vide ‹chiasmus›. -- source link
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