J.M. Dent

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J.M. Dent David Macfarlane hypothesizes that J.M. Dent created a Venetian typeface for the production of Hero and Leander (1909, Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh, Scotland). He bases this on the publisher's note by J.M. Dent in that book: In attempting the production of a beautiful type, I make no pretence to originality of idea or artistic accuracy of form. I have simply taken the Jenson type as my basis, and have endeavoured to give the letters such character that when combined they may give each word an individuality of its own. The first essential by which it must be judged is its clear and easy readableness; and the more definite the personality of each letter, the quicker will each word be recognised. Perhaps, if the types of William Morris had been at my disposal, I should not have made this attempt, though I am pleasing myself with the idea that there is a touch more of idiosyncrasy, and what one understands by the word "quality," in this version of Jenson's beautiful work, than in those produced by the master, who worshipped, perhaps, his great originals too whole-heartedly, so that he reproduced their faults as well as their virtues. I would like to acknowledge my indebtedness to my friend Mr. Hanson for the care with which he has cast the type and printed from it so perfectly. The paper I may also say is made by Messrs. Dickinson, and is of the very finest quality made in England. I have long desired to print the rarer pieces of verse and of prose which the lovers of the byways of literature alone know and care for, and which cannot appeal to a large number of readers. The volumes which I now hope to publish are the fulfillment of my desire, and are, at any rate as far as I can make them, perfect in format, and printed in a type, I hope, worthy of their ever living beauty. It is unknown whether this J.M. Dent is the same as the English book publisher Joseph Malaby Dent (b. Darlington, 1849, d. 1926).	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS J.M. Dent Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type in Scotland ⦿ Venetian or antiqua typefaces ⦿

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