The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection : a history and catalog / David Shields.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shields, David (Graphic artist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kelly, Rob Roy, 1925-2004 former owner, collector.

Kelly, Rob Roy.

Wood types (Printing)--United States--19th century--Catalogs.

Wood types (Printing).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, [2022]

Summary:

The Rob Roy Kelly Wood Type Collection is a comprehensive collection of wood type manufactured and used for printing in nineteenth-century America. Comprising nearly 150 typefaces of various sizes and styles, it was amassed by noted design educator and historian Rob Roy Kelly starting in 1957 and is now held by the University of Texas. Although Kelly himself published a 1969 book on wood type and nineteenth-century typographic history, there has been little written about the creation of the wood type forms, the collection, or Kelly. In this book, David Shields rigorously updates and expands upon Kelly’s historical information about the types, clarifying the collection’s exact composition and providing a better understanding of the stylistic development of wood type forms during the nineteenth century. Using rich materials from the period, Shields provides a stunning visual context that complements the textual history of each typeface. He also highlights the non-typographic material in the collection—such as borders, rules, ornaments, and image cuts—that have not been previously examined. Featuring over 300 color illustrations, this written history and catalog is bound to spark renewed interest in the collection and its broader typographic period.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

I. An Introduction

II. Rob Roy Kelly-"Midwestern Pluralist and Pragmatist"

Stephen O. Saxe, "Reflections on American Wood Type 1828-1900"

Tracy Honn, "Rob Roy Kelly, a Remembrance"

The Collection after Kelly

III. A Time Line of American Manufacturers

Production Methods

Planing Patterns

Manufacturer's Stamps in Collection

Hand-List of Known American Wood Type Specimen Catalogs to 1901

IV. Classification System

Style Descriptions

V. Type Specimens

Type Specimens from Other Collections and Three Unaccounted Faces

Borders, Ornaments, and Cuts

Adobe Wood Type, Adobe Originals, 1988-1994

Appendix A. Hand List of 1964 Folio

Appendix B. Bibliography of Kelly Texts and Collected Papers

Appendix C. Bibliography of Kelly's Donations, with Current Locations

Appendix D. Rob Roy Kelly's Teaching Appointments

Reference Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Shields, David The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection

ISBN:

9781477327739

OCLC:

1380731908