Mathematics in type.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tompkins, Willis W.

William Byrd Press.

Atha Tehon Thiras Art and Design Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematical symbols (Typefaces).

Type and type-founding--United States--Specimens.

Type and type-founding.

United States.

Printing--Style manuals.

Printing.

Genre:

Specimens.

Style manuals.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

xii, 58 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Richmond, Virginia : The William Byrd Press, [1954]

Notes:

"This booklet has been prepared for authors, editors, and others concerned with the preparation and economical production of books and articles containing mathematical expressions ... The following pages contain information on methods of composition, rules for setting and spacing, preparation and marking of manuscripts, and a showing of symbols."--Preface.

"Finally, we are grateful to Willis W. Tompkins for the care and perseverance expended in writing this booklet ..."--Acknowledgements

Stiff grey boards decorated in red and lettered in black on front.

Includes "References" and index.

Factors affecting difficulty of composition -- Methods of composition -- Setting and spacing -- The eccentricities of letters -- Preparing and marking the manuscript -- Variables of style in manuscript int ype -- Proof changes and corrections -- Kinds and sizes of type.

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy has "Atha Tehon Random House" written in ms. on p. [i].

OCLC:

221136274