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  2. William Austin Burt - Wikipedia

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    Among Burt's numerous inventions were the typographer in 1829, which was a predecessor to the typewriter. [3] He also invented the solar compass , a surveying tool used in the Michigan Survey , employed in regions which had an abundance of minerals that would interfere with accurate readings when using ordinary instruments.

  3. Typographer (typewriter) - Wikipedia

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    The typographer was an early typewriter invented by William Austin Burt. [1] Intended to aid in office work, the machine worked by using a lever to press characters onto paper one at a time. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was the first typewriting machine to be patented in the United States, although Pellegrino Turri had made one in Italy in 1808. [ 4 ]

  4. Pierre Simon Fournier - Wikipedia

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    Fournier the Compleat Typographer. London. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ; Gando, N.; Gando, F. (1766). Observations sur le Traité historique et critique de Monsieur Fournier le jeune sur l'origine et les progrès des caractères de fonte pour l'impression de la musique. Berne. Steinberg, S. H. (1996).

  5. History of Western typography - Wikipedia

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    Altogether the return to the roots of book art become stronger around the start of the 20th century. It was initiated by British typographer, socialist, and private press publisher William Morris as well as by the Arts and Crafts Movement, which refers to him. Essentially this movement initiated three things: a return to the antiqua-models of ...

  6. Typography - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 December 2024. Art of arranging type "Typographer" redirects here. For the typewriter, see Typographer (typewriter). Not to be confused with Type design, Topography, Typology, or Topology. A specimen sheet of the Trajan typeface, which is based on the letter forms of capitalis monumentalis or Roman ...

  7. Claude Garamond - Wikipedia

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    Claude Garamond. Claude Garamont (c. 1510 –1561), [1] known commonly as Claude Garamond, was a French type designer, publisher and punch-cutter based in Paris. [2] [3] Garamond worked as an engraver of punches, the masters used to stamp matrices, the moulds used to cast metal type.

  8. List of creators of writing systems - Wikipedia

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    Robert Boyd - American, invented Boyd's Syllabic Shorthand in 1903. Louis Braille - French teacher, invented Braille writing around 1821. Frédéric Bruly Bouabré - Ivorian artist, invented the Bété syllabary in the mid-1950s. Momolu Duwalu Bukele - Liberian, invented Vai syllabary around 1833. John Byrom - British poet, invented a system of ...

  9. George Auriol - Wikipedia

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    George Auriol, born Jean-Georges Huyot (26 April 1863, Beauvais – February 1938, Paris), was a French poet, songwriter, graphic designer, type designer, and Art Nouveau artist.