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Show llj DEVINNE AND PRINTING l , The technical' principles of printing i laid down by Thcodoro Ij. DoVlnno, I j . called tho dean ot tho craft, who has fjfej Just dlod, would not Interest ' tho I I public. Many printers know nothing f Ij ot tho different schools ot typo cast- ! H I ing. But thoro nro principles for ' 1 $ which Mr,. DoVlnino worked that are ', i of vital Importance to every reader. . , Ho alwayscontcndcd for simple . M I printing, conveying Ideas with tho M . greatest ease and lucidity. When an- ;, H thors demanded somo eccentric type, M Mr. DeVlnne ridiculed the affcttotk-ii II as placing manner above matter, n I The average book that comes down w i . H . from your grandfather was pretty I well printed Uie type ww substantia 1 I al, the Imprint fairly black hnd IJ j stands, out with clear luster today.' later In an affected attempt at dell- I cacy and refinement, thero camo in finer cut typo, which mado ai page 1 ; look grey instead ot black and whlto. H jf This tendency and hair lines, Mr. II I! ij DoVlnno consistently opposed. I Also at that tlmo tho majority of standard books and newspapers worn I ai printed In exceedingly lino typo. Mil- I 'If lions of peoplo suffer from poor eye- I I sight today simply because It vhs Sonco customnry to uso typo faces of about half tho size now commonly hrtndlcd. Mr. Dovlnno stood for typo cuttlns; that would creato characters lo?lblo BB y not merely to clear eyed youth hut A to spectacled and nclir sighted ago. jB,. ll0 wanted typo faces that would MM - Btna tho battering of tho print shop. WM He was a largo factor In tho chango illj which has brought in recent years it K tcndckicy to u blacker and moro logl-,! logl-,! 1 lyPo. jilt There aro many fad3 In mo'dem KQ! printing. One ot those is to cut out B'Hli, paragraph Indentations, on tho ground wM th(lt I"Bo looks better as a whole I illj I without tho Irregularity of tho short ;;!! llno Introducing a paragraph. Yet. to WmV e "eader" paragraph Indentations EL MmMr'il rMaf- fkAJMJMul4Bk I mark breaks In ttio thought, which I tondg to lucidity hnd to roltovo tiio (slrnln. Tho writer docs not know. I Mr. DoVlnno's opinion 'on this point but ho wpuld gamblo that It had hlr veto. ' |