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In Harvard University Press: A History, editor and historian Max Hall writes, "Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), an urbane, scholarly, meticulous, ingenious, roving man from Indiana, who applied his arts for many publishers and printers on both sides of the Atlantic, is widely considered the first great professional book designer. Some think him the greatest ever."
Bruce Rogers. Bruce Rogers (May 14, 1870 – May 21, 1957) was an American typographer and type designer, acclaimed by some as among the greatest book designers of the twentieth century. [1] Rogers was known for his "allusive" typography, rejecting modernism, seldom using asymmetrical arrangements, rarely using sans serif type faces, often ...
Jul 3, 2024 · Bruce Rogers books in the Shapiro Rogers Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division Bruce Rogers has been called the greatest of all book designers. His most famous design is the "Centaur" typeface, which is based on that used in 1470 by the Venetian printer Nicholas Jenson in the De Evangelica Praeparatione of Eusebius.
The Centaur types are arguably the greatest achievement of the Indiana-born typographer and book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957). In The Noblest Roman – which continues the long association of Bruce Rogers research with staff at the Cary Graphic Arts Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York – Jerry Kelly and Misha Beletsky set out to give the definitive history of ...
The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts.
Apr 26, 2012 · Thus, when Bowles asked him, in 1894, to produce decorative designs for his periodical, Rogers immediately felt an affinity for such artistic production. A Kelmscott Book . Bowles showed the young artist a Kelmscott book which he had just acquired, The Story of the Glittering Plain—the first book to be issued from the Press. It was this work ...
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A near fine copy. This book contains an essay adapted from a lecture presented to the Typocrafters on October 14, 1995. It was printed for those who attended the Typocrafters' 60th anniversary meeting from October 3-5, 1997. The essay traces Bruce Rogers' career as a typographer, with special focus on the development of the Centaur typeface.
