History of the Monotype Corporation

Slinn, J., Carter, S. and Southall, R. (2014) History of the Monotype Corporation. Printing Historical Society / Vanbrugh Press, London / Woodstock, pp432. ISBN 9780993051005 (Edited by Boag, A. and Burke, C.)

Abstract/Summary

This important new publication charts the history of the British Monotype Corporation in its significant years from 1897 to 1992. Its three sections cover the Corporation’s business history, typeface design history, and the technical history of Monotype’s composing machines. Written and edited by leading business and type industry experts, this is an indispensable reference for typographers and type designers, and for technology and business historians.