Dobody 🇺🇦🍉3d ago

Calling all #typography historians for a vague question:

Was moveable type of the renaissance to early modernity era generally sold independently to various presses (printers)?

Or did the type usually circulate with its press (machine)?

Were long-distance international sales common?

I'm trying to bring more context to an article on Cyrillic type but am stuck for the lack of information of who got the typefaces from who, and where.

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#history #historians #typehistory #printingpress

Show threadPierre Chambert-Protat
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Show threadDobody 🇺🇦🍉2d ago

@chaprot @crideaukikuchi

Quelle trouvaille vos deux comptes! Merci!

Show threadCatherine Rideau-Kikuchi2d ago
@chaprot @dobody Some fonts were lent or sold. Nicolas Jenson's for exemple were used throughout Europe for a century. I think Amerbach specialised in lending his types or selling characters made with his matrices.
These types were known for their quality, so that's why there was a high demand, but I guess it could also be so for non-latin fonts, which were very expensive to make from scratch.
Show threadDobody 🇺🇦🍉1d ago

@crideaukikuchi
Thank you!! I'm fairly sure a typeface market existed in Russian Emp. during Peter the Great's time, easier to imagine considering his script reform.

Struggling to find sources on Cyrillic Uncials and Slavonic & later Bulgarian type though. Almost seems like the Ustav uncial style letterforms barely varied across generations.

Might you have more insight on where I should dig for info on Cyrillic type & Eastern European printing?

@chaprot