title: Explorations in Typography (second edition)
author: Carolina de Bartolo
description: Recognition for the second edition<br /> + TDC (Type Directors Club) Annual no.63<br /> AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books/50 Covers 2016<br /> Recognition for the first edition<br /> + TDC (Type Directors Club) Annual no.58<br /> + AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers 2011<br /> + FPO Awards 2013, Honorable mention<br /> + I.D. magazine Annual Design Review 2012<br /> + Print magazine Color in Design Awards 2013<br /> + Awwwards.com, Site of the Day 2011<br /> --explorationsintypography.com<br /><br />As someone who works with typography and design every day, I have a few books I turn to when I need to clear my mind of clutter. One of my favorites is Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style, which includes this rumination on the sanctity of the title page: Think of the blank page as alpine meadow, or as the purity of undifferentiated being. The typographer enters this space and must change it. The reader will enter it later, to see what the typographer has done. Lines like this refresh my understanding of the task at hand and clarify my sense of purpose. Carolina de Bartolo's book, Explorations in Typography, has a similar effect, albeit via entirely different means. --typographica.org
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  # Life in a Mediaeval City
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Edwin Benson
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
  
  
  CHAPTER II. IMPORTANT FACTORS AFFECTING THE HISTORY
  
  
  OF YORK
  
  
  CHAPTER III. APPEARANCE
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. LIFE
  
  
  CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION
  
  
  
  
  
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      Life in a Mediæval City
  
  
  Illustrated by York in the XVth Century
  
  
  
  
      
  
  E-text prepared by R. Cedron, gvb, and the Online
  
  
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  Transcriber's notes:
  
  
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  The original has a number of inconsistent spellings and
  
  
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  LIFE IN A MEDIÆVAL CITY
  
  
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