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The Paris Irish type
Brendan Leen writes: "In 1732, an English Irish Dictionary, compiled by Conor O Begly, was printed by Jacques Guérin and the Paris type of its composition represented a major departure from preceding designs (it has been suggested that the type might have been modelled on a calligraphic sample supplied by O Begly). An unusual feature of the Paris type is its inclusion of an uncial, italic form of the letter a. With the exception of the Queen Elizabeth type, Irish character typography had to that point relied exclusively on the triangular or majuscule a." Shown here, it came about as the Moxon type of 1681 was strictly forbidden for religious literature, which had in the early 18th century been printed in roman characters. |
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