Ralf Herrmann Posted April 9, 2019 Share Posted April 9, 2019 When typography terms are debated again, I like to check very old sources and I know good ones in German, but are there such books which can be considered a “standard” in English? I mean book which are like 100, 200 or more years old and describe printing/typography terms and are hopefully also available as scans. (Literally) a case in point: I saw some slightly varying explanations about the origins of the words uppercase and lowercase this week and that’s a typical case where I would like to check old sources to learn more about the traditional understanding and origin of such terms. Link to comment
Member Kev… Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Still searching for a source for you, but I always understood the terms as deriving from the drawer positions on a traditional typecase cabinet—uppercase on the upper tier, lowercase on the bottom. Link to comment
Member Ric… Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 I assume you have now found an authoritative source? Link to comment
Ralf Herrmann Posted June 10, 2019 Author Share Posted June 10, 2019 Yes, like this one: https://archive.org/details/printersdictiona00stewrich Still happy to learn about more sources like this. Link to comment
Member tho… Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Joseph Moxon's 'Mechanick Exercises', is a must-read. 1 Link to comment
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