Painter, born in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. In 1877 he became full owner of a print shop that produced high-quality materials, reproducing illustrations with particular success, and made important innovations in typography. He wrote the influential Practice of Typography (4 vols, 19004).
Theodore Low De Vinne (December 25, 1828-February 16, 1914) was an American printer and scholarly author on typography.
De Vinne was born at Stamford, Conn., and educated in the common schools of the various towns where his father had pastorates.
De Vinne did much for the improvement of American printing. He was the most prolific of writers on printing, publishing: ＊ The Invention of Printing (1876) ＊ Historic Printing Types (1886) ＊ Plain Types (1890) ＊ The Practice of Typography (1900) ＊ Correct Composition (1901) ＊ Title-Pages (1902) ＊ Modern Methods of Book Composition (1904) ＊ Notable Printers of Italy during the Fifteenth Century (1910)
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