Based on Jürgen Habermas's premise that modernity is an “unfinished project”, Robin Kinross places the beginning of a true modern practice of typography around 1700, with the publication, in England, of the first typography treatise, the Mechanik Exercises (1683-1684) by Joseph Moxon, and the creation of the king's Roman in France. Here he gives a history of modern typography envisaged in a broad sense, well beyond formal modernism, favouring approaches and practitioners who, in Europe or the United States, have been able to articulate knowledge and practice — like English reformers or members of the new typography. Dimensions: 13 x 20.8 cm Author: Robin Kinross Language: French