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30 Cards in this Set
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Pierre Simon Fournier le Jeune contributed three of the following to the history of typography. Which one does NOT belong? a. The standardization of type measurement b. The initiation of type families. c.The invention of moveable type d. The creation of single-, double-, and triple-ruled lines up to 35.5 cm (about14 inches) |
-Invention of moveable type |
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Englishman John Pine printed books, such as Horace’s Opera, in which he... a. included delicate copperplate engravings with typographic text b. printed both the illustration and text from one copper plate for each page c. combined woodcuts and copper plate prints to illustrate the text d. hand colored the neoclassical woodblock prints |
printed both the illustration and text from one copper plate for each page |
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John Baskerville’s refined printing resulted from three of the four elementslisted below. Which does NOT belong? a. elegant type b. ink made of boiled linseed oil with resin c. paper formed by a mold with fine, woven wires d. arabesques in headpieces and tailpieces |
arabesques in headpieces and tailpieces |
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Late works printed by Giambattista Bodoni reflect the contemporary lateeighteenth-century ______ style. a. baroque b. rococo c. neoclassical d. romantic |
neoclassical |
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The Didot family’s type foundry revised Fournier le Jeune’s system of type measurement and created the ______ system, later revised and adopted internationally. a. pied de roi b. point c. maigre d. petit romain |
point |
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Pierre Didot L’Aîné printed the Editions du Louvre from the printing office once occupied by the Imprimerie Royale. The series included ______. a. novels by Balzac b. classics by Virgil c. plays by Molière and Beaumarchais d. essays by Voltaire and Rousseau |
classics by Virgil |
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William Blake’s illustrations for his poetry are in the style known as ______,which contrasted with the styles of layout and typography of GiambattistaBodoni and Pierre Didot. a. the baroque c. neoclassicism d. romanticism |
romanticism |
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______ opened in England in 1786 in order to print texts of equal quality tothose from Paris and Parma. a. The Tudor Press b. The Oxford Editions c. The Shakespeare Press d. London Editions |
The Shakespeare Press |
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In 1695, Louis Simonneau created large engraved copperplate prints of the master alphabets for France’s Imprimerie Royale, the royal printing office. These copperplate engravings were intended to establish graphic standards for the new typeface, which was called _____. a. Garamond b. Romain du Roi c. Bodoni d. Baskerville |
Romain du Roi |
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In 1722, William Caslon designed Caslon Old Style and its italic version.________________ introduced the typeface Caslon into the American colonies, where it was used extensively, including for the official printing of the Declaration of Independence. a. George Washington b. William Blake c. George Bickham d. Benjamin Franklin |
Benjamin Franklin |
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In 1805 ________________, the Scottish author and scientist who converted statistical data into symbolic graphics, introduced the first pie chart in his English translation of The Statistical Account of the United States of America a. John Baskerville b. William Bewick c. William Playfair d. François Didot |
William Playfair |
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Giambattista Bodoni redefined roman letter forms, giving them a more mathematical, geometric, and mechanical look. His typeface design exemplifies the ________________. a. old style b. modern style c. transitional style d. sans-serif style |
modern style |
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François-Ambroise Didot revised the typographic measurement system. He identified type size by the measure of the metal type body in points and created the point system used today: an inch is divided into ____ points. a. 6 b. 12 c. 36 d. 72 |
72 |
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The Romain du Roi types began a new category of types called... a. old style b. fraktur c. modern d. transitional |
transitional |
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The process of ___________ involves casting a duplicate printing plate in molten metal. This achievement of Firmin Didot’s made longer press runs possible. a. stereotyping b. duplicate engraving c. packing d. double casting |
stereotyping |
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True or false? Types designed for the Imprimerie Royale brought about the upgrade of printingthroughout Paris when they appeared in booksellers’ shops. |
False |
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True or false? The Rococo style of art, closely associated with the reign of King Louis XV, isbest represented in the graphic designs of the Didot family of printers |
False |
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True or False? Pierre Simon Fournier Le Jeune’ s type specimen book, Modèles des caractèresde l’imprimerie, presented transitional roman forms based on the Romain du Roiletters from 1702. |
True |
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True or False? The Declaration of Independence was printed in type originally designed byWilliam Caslon in England, and imported to the colonies by Benjamin Franklin. |
True |
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True or False? William Caslon modified Nicolas Jenson’s type designs for his own types. |
False |
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True or False? Louis René Luce, who had designed letterpress borders and ornaments for theImprimerie Royale, found that his designs were being used in political tracts afterthe French Revolution. |
False |
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True or False? Giambattista Bodoni was an important innovator in typographic design andprocesses, even more so than the Didot family in Paris. They were rivals, andtherefore never influenced each other. |
False |
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True or False? Giambattista Bodoni’s modern type designs, based on geometry andstandardization of measurable units, included extreme contrasts between thinand thick lines |
True |
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True or False? Thomas Bewick in England developed a “white line” technique of engraving thatcame to be used as an illustration method in letterpress printing until it wasreplaced by the halftone printing method. |
True |
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True or False? Old style typefaces retain calligraphic qualities and have bracketed serifs. |
True |
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True or False? Bodoni is an excellent example of an old style typeface. |
False |
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True or False? In the transitional type style, contrast between thick and thin strokes increased. |
True |
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True or False? Caslon is an excellent example of a transitional style typeface. |
True |
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True or False? Cartesian coordinates along an x- and y-axis designate a point in space with apair of numbers. They are named after the French philosopher, mathematician,and scientist René Descartes. |
True |
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True or False? The wove finish paper used by John Baskerville had a textural pattern ofhorizontal lines created by heavier wire woven into a screen of thinner wire. |
False |