Czasopismo „Litera” (1966–1978) jako świadectwo XX-wiecznego dorobku polskiej myśli o typografii i liternictwie

Abstract

Based on the review of the book “Lit[t]era Romana. Antologia tekstów z czasopisma Litera 1966–1978” (oprac. M. Marek-Łucka, A. Tomaszewski, Warszawa 2020) [“Lit[t]era Romana. Anthology of texts from the journal Litera 1966–1978” (compiled by Monika Marek-Łucka, Andrzej Tomaszewski, Warsaw 2020)] and its publishing process, a formal and thematic description of the journal “Litera. Dodatek «Poligrafiki» poświęcony sprawom liternictwa, czcionek i matryc drukarskich” [“Letter. Supplement of “Poligrafika” devoted to the issues of lettering, typefaces and printing matrices”] (1966–1978) was made. This analysis, contains description of audience, scope, frequency, volume, circulation, price and number of articles with their topics, was enriched with description of the author’s circle of articles, including the editor of the journal (Roman Tomaszewski) and the editors of the anthology. The whole was done to show the uniqueness of the journal “Litera” (which was phenomenon not only on the Polish, but also on the international arena of current information about printing and lettering) and its influence on Polish typography and lettering.

Keywords

• „lit[t]era romana. antologia tekstów z czasopisma litera 1966–1978”
• „litera. dodatek «poligrafiki» poświęcony sprawom liternictwa
• czcionek i matryc drukarskich”
• polish lettering