COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc_108318_berner
Identifier:
cc_108318_berner
Title:
Konrad Berner: specimen characterum seu typorum latinorum...
Subject:
Type and type-founding - 16th century
Subject:
Computerized typesetting - Design
Subject:
Type ornaments (Type evidence) - 16th century
Summary:
The poster is a 1992 reproduction of the 1592 Konrad Berner type specimen. "[Berner] was the type founder who succeeded Jacques Sabon in 1580. He was the son-in-law of Christian Egenolff and his successor at the Egenolff print office. His catalog of type specimens is dated 1592. The "Berner specimen" of 1592 formed the basis of the free Google Web Font family EB Garamond (or: Egelnoff-Berner Garamond) developed by Georg Duffner. In 1626, his foundry passed into the hands of Johann Luther. At the time, he was the main type supplier for Germany, the Scandinavian countries and the Netherlands." -- Luc Devroye, Type Information Page, http://luc.devroye.… ; accessed October 19, 2020 NRRI-C
Specimen includes Antiqua and Kursiv by Claude Garamond and Robert Granjon
Specimen includes Antiqua and Kursiv by Claude Garamond and Robert Granjon
Publisher:
Lehrdruckerei der Technischen Hochschule Darmstadt
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Berner, Konrad, type designer
Date of Original:
1992
Date of Digitization:
2021
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
type specimens
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
broadside
Dimensions of Original:
67 x 47 cm
Language:
Latin
Original Item Location:
108318
Digital Project:
2020_0036_typespecimens
Place:
Darmstadt
Rights:
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