Stanley Morison
Stanley Morison (born May 6, 1889 in Wanstead , England , † October 11, 1967 in London ) was a British typographer and font historian .
Live and act
From 1923 until his death, he was Artistic Advisor to the Monotype Corporation , responsible for the extraordinary growth of their font library. From 1929 to 1960 he also worked as an artistic consultant for the daily newspaper The Times . This activity also led to the most famous font developed by Morison : The Times . "Times New Roman" first appeared in the October 3, 1932 edition of The Times. Just 40 years later, newspaper printing conditions had changed dramatically. The metal typesetting technique or Linotype typesetting machine was gradually replaced by photo typesetting .
Another of Morison's writings is the Bembo published in 1929 , named after Cardinal Pietro Bembo , whose treatise De Aetna was printed in 1495 in the De Aetna-Type , which served as a model for modern Bembo.
From 1935 to 1951 he published a four-volume work on the history of The Times . He was a corresponding member of the Grolier Club .
His library of around 6,000 volumes came to the Cambridge University Library in 1968 .
Publications (selection)
- Four Centuries of fine print , London 1924
- The development of letterpress printing in Latin script in more than 600 illustrations based on printed works from the years 1500 to 1914. 1924
- Master prints of Gothic script. 1924
- Modern master prints. 1925
- Handbook of Printing Art. 250 examples of exemplary antique prints from the years 1500 to 1900. 1925
- The English newspaper, 1622-1932 , Cambridge 1932
- First Principles of Typography , Cambridge 1936, ISBN 0-521-05768-X
- A tally of types , Cambridge 1953, ISBN 1-567-92004-7
- Basic rules of typography , German Berlin 1955
- Handbook of Fonts , German Leipzig 1926
- Type forms of the past and modern times , German Hellerau 1928
- Stanley Morison and Holbrook Jackson: A brief survey of printing: history and practice. Publisher: AA Knopf, New York 1923
- THE FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY . Vol. V. Edited by Stanley Morison. The University Press, Cambridge 1926
literature
- John Carter: A handlist of the writings of Stanley Morison , Cambridge University Press 1950
- James Moran: Stanley Morison: His Typographic Achievement , London 1971, ISBN 0-853-31300-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Stanley Morison in the catalog of the German National Library
- Historical publications by Stanley Morison in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
- Linotype via Stanley Morison
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Morison, Stanley |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British typographer and type historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wanstead , England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1967 |
| Place of death | London , England, UK |