SOME ADVENTURES
OF A CORNET OF HORSE
IN THE
CRIMEAN WAR
SOME ADVENTURES
OF A CORNET OF HORSE
IN THE
CRIMEAN WAR
A paper read
before the Sette of Odd Volumes
at its 526th Meeting
on November 22nd
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Dust wrapper and title-page for an odd volume f and trademarks and symbols
Corporation. For the Fanfare Press he has pro
duced one of the most notable series of orna
ments in recent typographical history. The
ornaments are distinguished and rich in colour,
and are a pleasing change from the rich flower
effects which were such an impressive feature of
English typography during the twenties and early
thirties. Before he left Germany Wolpe had
already designed types. Among these types were
Hyperion, an italic type, with two sets of
capitals for the Bauer Typefoundry of Frankfort
in 1930, and a gothic type for the Stempel
Typefoundry of Frankfort in 1933. All this work
was stopped in 1933at least as far as German
typefounders were concerned, but British typo
graphy has been the richer for Wolpe's stay in
this country.
For the Monotype Corporation Berthold Wolpe
designed in 1935 Albertus Titling (to which he
later added a lower-case alphabet). This design
has proved one of the major successes of display
typography during the past decade. It is an
By KENNETH MACRAE MOIR
Arbalister to the Sette
The designs above are by Wolpe for a small volume for
for the Set of Odd Volumes. Typography is by the Fanfare Press.
On the opposite page is shown a selection from Wolpe's designs
bindingsprivate press books, handbooks and so on.
Wolpe has evolved many similar designs for manufacturers
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