Regulæ trium ordinum literarum typographicarum, or, The rules of the three orders of print letters viz. the Roman, Italick, English capitals and small : shewing how they are compounded of geometrick figures, and mostly made by rule and compass, useful for writing masters, painters, carvers, masons, and others that are lovers of curiosity / by Joseph Moxon ...

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Regulæ trium ordinum literarum typographicarum, or, The rules of the three orders of print letters viz. the Roman, Italick, English capitals and small : shewing how they are compounded of geometrick figures, and mostly made by rule and compass, useful for writing masters, painters, carvers, masons, and others that are lovers of curiosity / by Joseph Moxon ...
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Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691.
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London :: Printed for Joseph Moxon ...,
1676.
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Alphabets -- Early works to 1800.
Printing -- Early works to 1800.
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"Regulæ trium ordinum literarum typographicarum, or, The rules of the three orders of print letters viz. the Roman, Italick, English capitals and small : shewing how they are compounded of geometrick figures, and mostly made by rule and compass, useful for writing masters, painters, carvers, masons, and others that are lovers of curiosity / by Joseph Moxon ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51552.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.

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The left hand stroke is 1 broad, and the right hand stroke is a Stem, viz. 5. The insides of these Shanks stand 25 asunder, viz. 5 Stems. The rest is V all but the inside Toppings, which are left out. And you must note, that the left hand line of the outer bounds stands at the Top in the Erect of the left hand line of the left hand Shank. Topping and Footing hath been taught before.

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