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A History of the Old English Letter Foundries

Note 88 — Chapter I · THE ENGLISH TYPE BODIES AND FACES.

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The Horace, printed in 1627, may be mentioned as one of the most interesting of these little typographical curiosities. The type is exactly the modern pearl body. The text is 2 5⁄6 inches in depth, and 1 1⁄2 inch wide.

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