A Tally of Types

Stanley Morison provided the impetus and judgement behind the programme of typographical revival carried through by the Monotype Corporation in the 1920s and early 1930s.

The Tally is an account — historical, critical and functional — of the types cut under Morison’s direction during this period. It is an impressive example of what is now recognised as Morison’s characteristic blend of erudition and insight. What started as no more than an attempt to record the facts developed, under his hand, into one of the major statements of typographical practice of its time.