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Printing, in the only sense with which we are at present concerned, differs from most if not from all the arts and crafts represented in the Exhibition
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LJ001-0001.wav
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pɹɪntɪŋ, ɪn ðʌ oʊnli sɛns wɪð wɪtʃ wi ɑɹ æt pɹɛzʌnt kʌnsɜ˞nd, dɪfɜ˞z fɹʌm moʊst ɪf nɑt fɹʌm ɔl ðʌ ɑɹts ʌnd kɹæfts ɹɛpɹɪzɛntɪd ɪn ðʌ ɛksʌbɪʃʌn
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in being comparatively modern.
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LJ001-0002.wav
| 227.570343
| 72.370308
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ɪn biɪŋ kʌmpɛɹʌtɪvli mɑdɜ˞n.
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For although the Chinese took impressions from wood blocks engraved in relief for centuries before the woodcutters of the Netherlands, by a similar process
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LJ001-0003.wav
| 231.106277
| 73.45668
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fɔɹ ɔlðoʊ ðʌ tʃaɪniz tʊk ɪmpɹɛʃʌnz fɹʌm wʊd blɑks ɪnɡɹeɪvd ɪn ɹɪlif fɔɹ sɛntʃɜ˞iz bɪfɔɹ ðʌ ʌv ðʌ nɛðɜ˞lʌndz, baɪ ʌ sɪmʌlɜ˞ pɹɑsɛs
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produced the block books, which were the immediate predecessors of the true printed book,
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LJ001-0004.wav
| 241.968674
| 61.276237
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pɹʌdust ðʌ blɑk bʊks, wɪtʃ wɜ˞ ðʌ ɪmidiʌt pɹɛdʌsɛsɜ˞z ʌv ðʌ tɹu pɹɪntɪd bʊk,
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the invention of movable metal letters in the middle of the fifteenth century may justly be considered as the invention of the art of printing.
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LJ001-0005.wav
| 219.184677
| 64.123611
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ðʌ ɪnvɛnʃʌn ʌv muvʌbʌl mɛtʌl lɛtɜ˞z ɪn ðʌ mɪdʌl ʌv ðʌ fɪftinθ sɛntʃɜ˞i meɪ dʒʌstli bi kʌnsɪdɜ˞d æz ðʌ ɪnvɛnʃʌn ʌv ðʌ ɑɹt ʌv pɹɪntɪŋ.
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And it is worth mention in passing that, as an example of fine typography,
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LJ001-0006.wav
| 232.375595
| 62.718407
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ʌnd ɪt ɪz wɜ˞θ mɛnʃʌn ɪn pæsɪŋ ðæt, æz æn ɪɡzæmpʌl ʌv faɪn tʌpɑɡɹʌfi,
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the earliest book printed with movable types, the Gutenberg, or "forty-two line Bible" of about 1455,
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LJ001-0007.wav
| 235.216415
| 72.754608
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| 58.643154
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ðʌ ɜ˞liʌst bʊk pɹɪntɪd wɪð muvʌbʌl taɪps, ðʌ ɡutʌnbɜ˞ɡ, ɔɹ "fɔɹti-tu laɪn baɪbʌl" ʌv ʌbaʊt ,
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has never been surpassed.
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LJ001-0008.wav
| 178.682327
| 40.342613
| 42.907318
| 41.247944
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hæz nɛvɜ˞ bɪn sɜ˞pæst.
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Printing, then, for our purpose, may be considered as the art of making books by means of movable types.
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LJ001-0009.wav
| 238.892517
| 72.359009
| 54.834435
| 56.8741
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pɹɪntɪŋ, ðɛn, fɔɹ aʊɜ˞ pɜ˞pʌs, meɪ bi kʌnsɪdɜ˞d æz ðʌ ɑɹt ʌv meɪkɪŋ bʊks baɪ minz ʌv muvʌbʌl taɪps.
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Now, as all books not primarily intended as picture-books consist principally of types composed to form letterpress,
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LJ001-0010.wav
| 238.466965
| 73.069031
| 53.64241
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naʊ, æz ɔl bʊks nɑt pɹaɪmɛɹʌli ɪntɛndɪd æz pɪktʃɜ˞-bʊks kʌnsɪst pɹɪnsɪpli ʌv taɪps kʌmpoʊzd tu fɔɹm lɛtɜ˞pɹɛs,
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it is of the first importance that the letter used should be fine in form;
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LJ001-0011.wav
| 240.105835
| 74.481232
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ɪt ɪz ʌv ðʌ fɜ˞st ɪmpɔɹtʌns ðæt ðʌ lɛtɜ˞ juzd ʃʊd bi faɪn ɪn fɔɹm;
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especially as no more time is occupied, or cost incurred, in casting, setting, or printing beautiful letters
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LJ001-0012.wav
| 254.35994
| 81.755585
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ʌspɛʃli æz noʊ mɔɹ taɪm ɪz ɑkjʌpaɪd, ɔɹ kɑst ɪnkɜ˞d, ɪn kæstɪŋ, sɛtɪŋ, ɔɹ pɹɪntɪŋ bjutʌfʌl lɛtɜ˞z
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than in the same operations with ugly ones.
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LJ001-0013.wav
| 197.173019
| 73.13456
| 49.974876
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ðæn ɪn ðʌ seɪm ɑpɜ˞eɪʃʌnz wɪð ʌɡli wʌnz.
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And it was a matter of course that in the Middle Ages, when the craftsmen took care that beautiful form should always be a part of their productions whatever they were,
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LJ001-0014.wav
| 235.735519
| 76.737244
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ʌnd ɪt wɑz ʌ mætɜ˞ ʌv kɔɹs ðæt ɪn ðʌ mɪdʌl eɪdʒʌz, wɛn ðʌ kɹæftsmɛn tʊk kɛɹ ðæt bjutʌfʌl fɔɹm ʃʊd ɔlweɪz bi ʌ pɑɹt ʌv ðɛɹ pɹʌdʌkʃʌnz wʌtɛvɜ˞ ðeɪ wɜ˞,
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the forms of printed letters should be beautiful, and that their arrangement on the page should be reasonable and a help to the shapeliness of the letters themselves.
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LJ001-0015.wav
| 224.784195
| 80.687691
| 59.591995
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ðʌ fɔɹmz ʌv pɹɪntɪd lɛtɜ˞z ʃʊd bi bjutʌfʌl, ʌnd ðæt ðɛɹ ɜ˞eɪndʒmʌnt ɑn ðʌ peɪdʒ ʃʊd bi ɹizʌnʌbʌl ʌnd ʌ hɛlp tu ðʌ ʌv ðʌ lɛtɜ˞z ðɛmsɛlvz.
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The Middle Ages brought calligraphy to perfection, and it was natural therefore
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LJ001-0016.wav
| 235.134964
| 86.47168
| 55.275879
| 38.511726
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ðʌ mɪdʌl eɪdʒʌz bɹɔt kʌlɪɡɹʌfi tu pɜ˞fɛkʃʌn, ʌnd ɪt wɑz nætʃɜ˞ʌl ðɛɹfɔɹ
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that the forms of printed letters should follow more or less closely those of the written character, and they followed them very closely.
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LJ001-0017.wav
| 237.948944
| 77.421616
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ðæt ðʌ fɔɹmz ʌv pɹɪntɪd lɛtɜ˞z ʃʊd fɑloʊ mɔɹ ɔɹ lɛs kloʊsli ðoʊz ʌv ðʌ ɹɪtʌn kɛɹɪktɜ˞, ʌnd ðeɪ fɑloʊd ðɛm vɛɹi kloʊsli.
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The first books were printed in black letter, i.e. the letter which was a Gothic development of the ancient Roman character,
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LJ001-0018.wav
| 248.980331
| 102.817589
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ðʌ fɜ˞st bʊks wɜ˞ pɹɪntɪd ɪn blæk lɛtɜ˞, aɪ.i. ðʌ lɛtɜ˞ wɪtʃ wɑz ʌ ɡɑθɪk dɪvɛlʌpmʌnt ʌv ðʌ eɪntʃʌnt ɹoʊmʌn kɛɹɪktɜ˞,
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and which developed more completely and satisfactorily on the side of the "lower-case" than the capital letters;
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LJ001-0019.wav
| 242.647263
| 78.770691
| 50.267597
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ʌnd wɪtʃ dɪvɛlʌpt mɔɹ kʌmplitli ʌnd sætɪsfæktɹʌli ɑn ðʌ saɪd ʌv ðʌ "loʊɜ˞-keɪs" ðæn ðʌ kæpʌtʌl lɛtɜ˞z;
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the "lower-case" being in fact invented in the early Middle Ages.
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LJ001-0020.wav
| 223.261902
| 58.247074
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ðʌ "loʊɜ˞-keɪs" biɪŋ ɪn fækt ɪnvɛntʌd ɪn ðʌ ɜ˞li mɪdʌl eɪdʒʌz.
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The earliest book printed with movable type, the aforesaid Gutenberg Bible, is printed in letters which are an exact imitation
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LJ001-0021.wav
| 239.962067
| 65.354576
| 54.982964
| 48.220253
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ðʌ ɜ˞liʌst bʊk pɹɪntɪd wɪð muvʌbʌl taɪp, ðʌ ʌfɔɹsɛd ɡutʌnbɜ˞ɡ baɪbʌl, ɪz pɹɪntɪd ɪn lɛtɜ˞z wɪtʃ ɑɹ æn ɪɡzækt ɪmʌteɪʃʌn
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of the more formal ecclesiastical writing which obtained at that time; this has since been called "missal type,"
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LJ001-0022.wav
| 230.121674
| 69.130577
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| 57.627186
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ʌv ðʌ mɔɹ fɔɹmʌl ɪkliziæstɪkʌl ɹaɪtɪŋ wɪtʃ ʌbteɪnd æt ðæt taɪm; ðɪs hæz sɪns bɪn kɔld "mɪsʌl taɪp,"
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and was in fact the kind of letter used in the many splendid missals, psalters, etc., produced by printing in the fifteenth century.
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LJ001-0023.wav
| 237.293365
| 86.795929
| 52.66766
| 51.347263
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ʌnd wɑz ɪn fækt ðʌ kaɪnd ʌv lɛtɜ˞ juzd ɪn ðʌ mɛni splɛndɪd , sɔltɜ˞z, ɛtsɛtɜ˞ʌ., pɹʌdust baɪ pɹɪntɪŋ ɪn ðʌ fɪftinθ sɛntʃɜ˞i.
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But the first Bible actually dated (which also was printed at Maintz by Peter Schoeffer in the year 1462)
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LJ001-0024.wav
| 232.905243
| 72.647141
| 58.154133
| 59.257492
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bʌt ðʌ fɜ˞st baɪbʌl æktʃuʌli deɪtɪd (wɪtʃ ɔlsoʊ wɑz pɹɪntɪd æt baɪ pitɜ˞ ɪn ðʌ jɪɹ )
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imitates a much freer hand, simpler, rounder, and less spiky, and therefore far pleasanter and easier to read.
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LJ001-0025.wav
| 252.643723
| 93.744339
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ɪmʌteɪts ʌ mʌtʃ fɹiɜ˞ hænd, sɪmpʌlɜ˞, ɹaʊndɜ˞, ʌnd lɛs spaɪki, ʌnd ðɛɹfɔɹ fɑɹ ʌnd iziɜ˞ tu ɹɛd.
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On the whole the type of this book may be considered the ne-plus-ultra of Gothic type,
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LJ001-0026.wav
| 260.710388
| 91.598167
| 64.922012
| 35.487911
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ɑn ðʌ hoʊl ðʌ taɪp ʌv ðɪs bʊk meɪ bi kʌnsɪdɜ˞d ðʌ ni-plʌs-ʌltɹʌ ʌv ɡɑθɪk taɪp,
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especially as regards the lower-case letters; and type very similar was used during the next fifteen or twenty years not only by Schoeffer,
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LJ001-0027.wav
| 229.890015
| 67.831314
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| 52.496563
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ʌspɛʃli æz ɹɪɡɑɹdz ðʌ loʊɜ˞-keɪs lɛtɜ˞z; ʌnd taɪp vɛɹi sɪmʌlɜ˞ wɑz juzd dʊɹɪŋ ðʌ nɛkst fɪftin ɔɹ twɛnti jɪɹz nɑt oʊnli baɪ ,
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but by printers in Strasburg, Basle, Paris, Lubeck, and other cities.
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LJ001-0028.wav
| 227.050964
| 85.010193
| 58.15102
| 41.138214
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bʌt baɪ pɹɪntɜ˞z ɪn stɹæsbɜ˞ɡ, bæsʌl, pɛɹɪs, lubɛk, ʌnd ʌðɜ˞ sɪtiz.
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But though on the whole, except in Italy, Gothic letter was most often used
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LJ001-0029.wav
| 231.971832
| 83.77282
| 50.2033
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bʌt ðoʊ ɑn ðʌ hoʊl, ɪksɛpt ɪn ɪtʌli, ɡɑθɪk lɛtɜ˞ wɑz moʊst ɔfʌn juzd
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a very few years saw the birth of Roman character not only in Italy, but in Germany and France.
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LJ001-0030.wav
| 205.319611
| 61.764214
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| 58.19899
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ʌ vɛɹi fju jɪɹz sɔ ðʌ bɜ˞θ ʌv ɹoʊmʌn kɛɹɪktɜ˞ nɑt oʊnli ɪn ɪtʌli, bʌt ɪn dʒɜ˞mʌni ʌnd fɹæns.
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In 1465 Sweynheim and Pannartz began printing in the monastery of Subiaco near Rome,
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LJ001-0031.wav
| 221.970261
| 67.409767
| 54.081291
| 47.411869
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ɪn ʌnd bɪɡæn pɹɪntɪŋ ɪn ðʌ mɑnʌstɛɹi ʌv nɪɹ ɹoʊm,
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and used an exceedingly beautiful type, which is indeed to look at a transition between Gothic and Roman,
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LJ001-0032.wav
| 223.649536
| 51.540009
| 55.955074
| 40.713226
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ʌnd juzd æn ɪksidɪŋli bjutʌfʌl taɪp, wɪtʃ ɪz ɪndid tu lʊk æt ʌ tɹænzɪʃʌn bɪtwin ɡɑθɪk ʌnd ɹoʊmʌn,
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but which must certainly have come from the study of the twelfth or even the eleventh century MSS.
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LJ001-0033.wav
| 226.020706
| 69.224518
| 49.549046
| 49.292557
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bʌt wɪtʃ mʌst sɜ˞tʌnli hæv kʌm fɹʌm ðʌ stʌdi ʌv ðʌ twɛlfθ ɔɹ ivɪn ðʌ ɪlɛvʌnθ sɛntʃɜ˞i .
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They printed very few books in this type, three only; but in their very first books in Rome, beginning with the year 1468,
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LJ001-0034.wav
| 215.350021
| 58.657852
| 57.047287
| 37.772289
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ðeɪ pɹɪntɪd vɛɹi fju bʊks ɪn ðɪs taɪp, θɹi oʊnli; bʌt ɪn ðɛɹ vɛɹi fɜ˞st bʊks ɪn ɹoʊm, bɪɡɪnɪŋ wɪð ðʌ jɪɹ ,
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they discarded this for a more completely Roman and far less beautiful letter.
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LJ001-0035.wav
| 203.976456
| 68.646744
| 59.920685
| 56.961174
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ðeɪ dɪskɑɹdɪd ðɪs fɔɹ ʌ mɔɹ kʌmplitli ɹoʊmʌn ʌnd fɑɹ lɛs bjutʌfʌl lɛtɜ˞.
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But about the same year Mentelin at Strasburg began to print in a type which is distinctly Roman;
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LJ001-0036.wav
| 227.731964
| 64.84993
| 54.986256
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bʌt ʌbaʊt ðʌ seɪm jɪɹ æt stɹæsbɜ˞ɡ bɪɡæn tu pɹɪnt ɪn ʌ taɪp wɪtʃ ɪz dɪstɪŋktli ɹoʊmʌn;
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and the next year Gunther Zeiner at Augsburg followed suit;
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LJ001-0037.wav
| 217.374695
| 52.833115
| 60.43391
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ʌnd ðʌ nɛkst jɪɹ ɡʌnθɜ˞ zaɪnɜ˞ æt ɔɡzbɜ˞ɡ fɑloʊd sut;
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while in 1470 at Paris Udalric Gering and his associates turned out the first books printed in France, also in Roman character.
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LJ001-0038.wav
| 244.489944
| 85.038307
| 58.943901
| 46.224419
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waɪl ɪn æt pɛɹɪs ɡɪɹɪŋ ʌnd hɪz ʌsoʊsiʌts tɜ˞nd aʊt ðʌ fɜ˞st bʊks pɹɪntɪd ɪn fɹæns, ɔlsoʊ ɪn ɹoʊmʌn kɛɹɪktɜ˞.
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The Roman type of all these printers is similar in character,
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LJ001-0039.wav
| 236.538742
| 93.579254
| 57.289028
| 59.206051
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ðʌ ɹoʊmʌn taɪp ʌv ɔl ðiz pɹɪntɜ˞z ɪz sɪmʌlɜ˞ ɪn kɛɹɪktɜ˞,
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slightly clear
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very confined sounding
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quite expressive
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and is very simple and legible, and unaffectedly designed for use; but it is by no means without beauty.
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LJ001-0040.wav
| 236.024536
| 85.074913
| 57.844761
| 58.195488
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ʌnd ɪz vɛɹi sɪmpʌl ʌnd lɛdʒʌbʌl, ʌnd dɪzaɪnd fɔɹ jus; bʌt ɪt ɪz baɪ noʊ minz wɪθaʊt bjuti.
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slightly clear
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very confined sounding
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slightly expressive
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It must be said that it is in no way like the transition type of Subiaco,
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LJ001-0041.wav
| 254.891525
| 81.088181
| 52.659431
| 56.472576
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ɪt mʌst bi sɛd ðæt ɪt ɪz ɪn noʊ weɪ laɪk ðʌ tɹænzɪʃʌn taɪp ʌv ,
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moderate ambient sound
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very confined sounding
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slightly expressive
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and though more Roman than that, yet scarcely more like the complete Roman type of the earliest printers of Rome.
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LJ001-0042.wav
| 199.902512
| 59.969028
| 55.600121
| 47.781288
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ʌnd ðoʊ mɔɹ ɹoʊmʌn ðæn ðæt, jɛt skɛɹsli mɔɹ laɪk ðʌ kʌmplit ɹoʊmʌn taɪp ʌv ðʌ ɜ˞liʌst pɹɪntɜ˞z ʌv ɹoʊm.
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slightly clear
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slightly confined sounding
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moderate intonation
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A further development of the Roman letter took place at Venice.
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LJ001-0043.wav
| 227.540771
| 78.397247
| 51.63707
| 41.720142
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ʌ fɜ˞ðɜ˞ dɪvɛlʌpmʌnt ʌv ðʌ ɹoʊmʌn lɛtɜ˞ tʊk pleɪs æt vɛnʌs.
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moderate ambient sound
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slightly roomy sounding
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slightly expressive
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John of Spires and his brother Vindelin, followed by Nicholas Jenson, began to print in that city,
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LJ001-0044.wav
| 216.663239
| 64.403557
| 60.530201
| 52.046658
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dʒɑn ʌv spaɪɹz ʌnd hɪz bɹʌðɜ˞ , fɑloʊd baɪ nɪkʌlʌs dʒɛnsʌn, bɪɡæn tu pɹɪnt ɪn ðæt sɪti,
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quite confined sounding
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moderate intonation
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1469, 1470;
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LJ001-0045.wav
| 204.627335
| 42.50185
| 58.718094
| 57.825352
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, ;
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slightly clear
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very confined sounding
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slightly monotone
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their type is on the lines of the German and French rather than of the Roman printers.
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LJ001-0046.wav
| 231.586487
| 82.269897
| 55.097534
| 51.023628
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ðɛɹ taɪp ɪz ɑn ðʌ laɪnz ʌv ðʌ dʒɜ˞mʌn ʌnd fɹɛntʃ ɹæðɜ˞ ðæn ʌv ðʌ ɹoʊmʌn pɹɪntɜ˞z.
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slightly clear
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slightly confined sounding
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Of Jenson it must be said that he carried the development of Roman type as far as it can go:
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LJ001-0047.wav
| 248.017166
| 79.996399
| 47.313522
| 56.908188
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ʌv dʒɛnsʌn ɪt mʌst bi sɛd ðæt hi kæɹid ðʌ dɪvɛlʌpmʌnt ʌv ɹoʊmʌn taɪp æz fɑɹ æz ɪt kæn ɡoʊ:
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slightly noisy
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slightly expressive
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his letter is admirably clear and regular, but at least as beautiful as any other Roman type.
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LJ001-0048.wav
| 231.917969
| 68.850174
| 49.704994
| 51.311623
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hɪz lɛtɜ˞ ɪz ædmɜ˞ʌbli klɪɹ ʌnd ɹɛɡjʌlɜ˞, bʌt æt list æz bjutʌfʌl æz ɛni ʌðɜ˞ ɹoʊmʌn taɪp.
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moderate ambient sound
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slightly confined sounding
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moderate intonation
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After his death in the "fourteen eighties," or at least by 1490, printing in Venice had declined very much;
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LJ001-0049.wav
| 215.423538
| 66.013077
| 59.195801
| 52.756184
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æftɜ˞ hɪz dɛθ ɪn ðʌ "fɔɹtin eɪtiz," ɔɹ æt list baɪ , pɹɪntɪŋ ɪn vɛnʌs hæd dɪklaɪnd vɛɹi mʌtʃ;
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slightly clear
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quite confined sounding
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moderate intonation
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and though the famous family of Aldus restored its technical excellence, rejecting battered letters,
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LJ001-0050.wav
| 214.572235
| 67.651291
| 57.634792
| 58.418587
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ʌnd ðoʊ ðʌ feɪmʌs fæmʌli ʌv ɑldɪs ɹɪstɔɹd ɪts tɛknɪkʌl ɛksʌlʌns, ɹɪdʒɛktɪŋ bætɜ˞d lɛtɜ˞z,
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slightly clear
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very confined sounding
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moderate intonation
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and paying great attention to the "press work" or actual process of printing,
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LJ001-0051.wav
| 238.877197
| 57.634872
| 53.364571
| 54.960907
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ʌnd peɪɪŋ ɡɹeɪt ʌtɛnʃʌn tu ðʌ "pɹɛs wɜ˞k" ɔɹ æktʃʌwʌl pɹɑsɛs ʌv pɹɪntɪŋ,
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moderate ambient sound
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quite confined sounding
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moderate intonation
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yet their type is artistically on a much lower level than Jenson's, and in fact
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LJ001-0052.wav
| 239.10228
| 75.152023
| 55.557278
| 58.1549
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jɛt ðɛɹ taɪp ɪz ɑɹtɪstɪkli ɑn ʌ mʌtʃ loʊɜ˞ lɛvʌl ðæn dʒɛnsʌn'ɛs, ʌnd ɪn fækt
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slightly clear
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slightly expressive
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they must be considered to have ended the age of fine printing in Italy.
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LJ001-0053.wav
| 214.645081
| 67.474907
| 57.603165
| 44.880241
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ðeɪ mʌst bi kʌnsɪdɜ˞d tu hæv ɛndʌd ðʌ eɪdʒ ʌv faɪn pɹɪntɪŋ ɪn ɪtʌli.
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slightly clear
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moderate reverberation
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moderate intonation
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Jenson, however, had many contemporaries who used beautiful type,
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LJ001-0054.wav
| 247.962296
| 82.542587
| 63.137661
| 44.361771
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dʒɛnsʌn, haʊɛvɜ˞, hæd mɛni kʌntɛmpɜ˞ɛɹiz hu juzd bjutʌfʌl taɪp,
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moderate reverberation
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slightly expressive
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some of which -- as, e.g., that of Jacobus Rubeus or Jacques le Rouge -- is scarcely distinguishable from his.
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LJ001-0055.wav
| 215.470993
| 65.128525
| 56.984921
| 58.852036
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sʌm ʌv wɪtʃ -- æz, i.dʒi., ðæt ʌv dʒʌkoʊbʌs ɔɹ ʒɑk lʌ ɹuʒ -- ɪz skɛɹsli dɪstɪŋɡwɪʃʌbʌl fɹʌm hɪz.
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very confined sounding
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moderate intonation
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It was these great Venetian printers, together with their brethren of Rome, Milan,
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LJ001-0056.wav
| 203.736786
| 36.418873
| 52.312237
| 48.35051
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ɪt wɑz ðiz ɡɹeɪt vʌniʃʌn pɹɪntɜ˞z, tʌɡɛðɜ˞ wɪð ðɛɹ bɹɛðɹʌn ʌv ɹoʊm, mʌlɑn,
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Parma, and one or two other cities, who produced the splendid editions of the Classics, which are one of the great glories of the printer's art,
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LJ001-0057.wav
| 227.415649
| 65.278587
| 55.27301
| 56.381088
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pɑɹmʌ, ʌnd wʌn ɔɹ tu ʌðɜ˞ sɪtiz, hu pɹʌdust ðʌ splɛndɪd ɪdɪʃʌnz ʌv ðʌ klæsɪks, wɪtʃ ɑɹ wʌn ʌv ðʌ ɡɹeɪt ɡlɔɹiz ʌv ðʌ pɹɪntɜ˞'ɛs ɑɹt,
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slightly clear
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and are worthy representatives of the eager enthusiasm for the revived learning of that epoch. By far,
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LJ001-0058.wav
| 207.539734
| 51.975643
| 51.76247
| 47.475857
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ʌnd ɑɹ wɜ˞ði ɹɛpɹʌzɛntʌtɪvz ʌv ðʌ iɡɜ˞ ɪnθuziæzʌm fɔɹ ðʌ ɹɪvaɪvd lɜ˞nɪŋ ʌv ðæt ɛpʌk. baɪ fɑɹ,
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moderate ambient sound
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slightly confined sounding
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slightly monotone
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the greater part of these Italian printers, it should be mentioned, were Germans or Frenchmen, working under the influence of Italian opinion and aims.
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LJ001-0059.wav
| 208.709534
| 79.655663
| 51.339577
| 55.387573
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ðʌ ɡɹeɪtɜ˞ pɑɹt ʌv ðiz ɪtæljʌn pɹɪntɜ˞z, ɪt ʃʊd bi mɛnʃʌnd, wɜ˞ dʒɜ˞mʌnz ɔɹ fɹɛntʃmɛn, wɜ˞kɪŋ ʌndɜ˞ ðʌ ɪnfluʌns ʌv ɪtæljʌn ʌpɪnjʌn ʌnd eɪmz.
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moderate ambient sound
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quite confined sounding
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slightly expressive
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It must be understood that through the whole of the fifteenth and the first quarter of the sixteenth centuries
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LJ001-0060.wav
| 263.919373
| 98.522987
| 56.56797
| 53.564453
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ɪt mʌst bi ʌndɜ˞stʊd ðæt θɹu ðʌ hoʊl ʌv ðʌ fɪftinθ ʌnd ðʌ fɜ˞st kwɔɹtɜ˞ ʌv ðʌ sɪkstinθ sɛntʃɜ˞iz
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slightly clear
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quite expressive
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the Roman letter was used side by side with the Gothic.
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LJ001-0061.wav
| 256.606689
| 82.932236
| 52.662369
| 57.950417
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ðʌ ɹoʊmʌn lɛtɜ˞ wɑz juzd saɪd baɪ saɪd wɪð ðʌ ɡɑθɪk.
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moderate ambient sound
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slightly expressive
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Even in Italy most of the theological and law books were printed in Gothic letter,
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LJ001-0062.wav
| 196.678741
| 59.003838
| 52.808792
| 57.758369
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ivɪn ɪn ɪtʌli moʊst ʌv ðʌ θiʌlɑdʒɪkʌl ʌnd lɔ bʊks wɜ˞ pɹɪntɪd ɪn ɡɑθɪk lɛtɜ˞,
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moderate ambient sound
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moderate intonation
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which was generally more formally Gothic than the printing of the German workmen,
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LJ001-0063.wav
| 221.551025
| 89.101036
| 58.656158
| 58.945278
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wɪtʃ wɑz dʒɛnɜ˞ʌli mɔɹ fɔɹmʌli ɡɑθɪk ðæn ðʌ pɹɪntɪŋ ʌv ðʌ dʒɜ˞mʌn wɜ˞kmɪn,
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slightly clear
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very confined sounding
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quite expressive
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many of whose types, indeed, like that of the Subiaco works, are of a transitional character.
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LJ001-0064.wav
| 211.099716
| 53.991749
| 56.624489
| 43.432484
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mɛni ʌv huz taɪps, ɪndid, laɪk ðæt ʌv ðʌ wɜ˞ks, ɑɹ ʌv ʌ tɹænsɪʃʌnʌl kɛɹɪktɜ˞.
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slightly clear
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moderate reverberation
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moderate intonation
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This was notably the case with the early works printed at Ulm, and in a somewhat lesser degree at Augsburg.
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LJ001-0065.wav
| 196.426102
| 59.052616
| 59.488579
| 55.368279
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ðɪs wɑz noʊtʌbli ðʌ keɪs wɪð ðʌ ɜ˞li wɜ˞ks pɹɪntɪd æt ʌlm, ʌnd ɪn ʌ sʌmwʌt lɛsɜ˞ dɪɡɹi æt ɔɡzbɜ˞ɡ.
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slightly clear
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quite confined sounding
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moderate intonation
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In fact Gunther Zeiner's first type (afterwards used by Schussler) is remarkably like the type of the before-mentioned Subiaco books.
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LJ001-0066.wav
| 215.015808
| 76.861824
| 59.197945
| 52.892586
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ɪn fækt ɡʌnθɜ˞ zaɪnɜ˞'ɛs fɜ˞st taɪp (æftɜ˞wɜ˞dz juzd baɪ ʃʌslɜ˞) ɪz ɹɪmɑɹkʌbli laɪk ðʌ taɪp ʌv ðʌ bɪfɔɹ-mɛnʃʌnd bʊks.
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slightly clear
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quite confined sounding
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slightly expressive
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In the Low Countries and Cologne, which were very fertile of printed books, Gothic was the favorite.
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LJ001-0067.wav
| 216.277893
| 64.346634
| 56.218769
| 55.877125
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ɪn ðʌ loʊ kʌntɹiz ʌnd kʌloʊn, wɪtʃ wɜ˞ vɛɹi fɜ˞tʌl ʌv pɹɪntɪd bʊks, ɡɑθɪk wɑz ðʌ feɪvɜ˞ɪt.
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slightly clear
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very confined sounding
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moderate intonation
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The characteristic Dutch type, as represented by the excellent printer Gerard Leew, is very pronounced and uncompromising Gothic.
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LJ001-0068.wav
| 209.278915
| 62.777935
| 58.964867
| 38.362709
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ðʌ kɛɹʌktɜ˞ɪstɪk dʌtʃ taɪp, æz ɹɛpɹɪzɛntɪd baɪ ðʌ ɛksʌlʌnt pɹɪntɜ˞ dʒɜ˞ɑɹd , ɪz vɛɹi pɹʌnaʊnst ʌnd ʌnkɑmpɹʌmaɪzɪŋ ɡɑθɪk.
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slightly clear
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quite roomy sounding
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moderate intonation
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This type was introduced into England by Wynkyn de Worde, Caxton's successor,
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LJ001-0069.wav
| 220.593536
| 55.332359
| 62.37569
| 34.740147
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moderate speed
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ðɪs taɪp wɑz ɪntɹʌdust ɪntu ɪŋɡlʌnd baɪ di , kækstʌn'ɛs sʌksɛsɜ˞,
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quite clear
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quite roomy sounding
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moderate intonation
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and was used there with very little variation all through the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and indeed into the eighteenth.
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LJ001-0070.wav
| 243.379837
| 83.213837
| 58.664394
| 50.79184
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slightly fast
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ʌnd wɑz juzd ðɛɹ wɪð vɛɹi lɪtʌl vɛɹieɪʃʌn ɔl θɹu ðʌ sɪkstinθ ʌnd sɛvʌntinθ sɛntʃɜ˞iz, ʌnd ɪndid ɪntu ðʌ eɪtinθ.
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slightly clear
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slightly confined sounding
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slightly expressive
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Most of Caxton's own types are of an earlier character, though they also much resemble Flemish or Cologne letter.
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LJ001-0071.wav
| 224.986923
| 83.637947
| 56.021236
| 57.555782
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moʊst ʌv kækstʌn'ɛs oʊn taɪps ɑɹ ʌv æn ɜ˞liɜ˞ kɛɹɪktɜ˞, ðoʊ ðeɪ ɔlsoʊ mʌtʃ ɹɪzɛmbʌl flɛmɪʃ ɔɹ kʌloʊn lɛtɜ˞.
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slightly clear
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very confined sounding
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slightly expressive
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After the end of the fifteenth century the degradation of printing, especially in Germany and Italy,
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LJ001-0072.wav
| 232.951447
| 75.222153
| 63.020004
| 42.758224
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æftɜ˞ ðʌ ɛnd ʌv ðʌ fɪftinθ sɛntʃɜ˞i ðʌ dɛɡɹʌdeɪʃʌn ʌv pɹɪntɪŋ, ʌspɛʃli ɪn dʒɜ˞mʌni ʌnd ɪtʌli,
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slightly expressive
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went on apace; and by the end of the sixteenth century there was no really beautiful printing done:
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LJ001-0073.wav
| 210.262604
| 66.74366
| 58.077793
| 52.785755
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moderate speed
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wɛnt ɑn ʌpeɪs; ʌnd baɪ ðʌ ɛnd ʌv ðʌ sɪkstinθ sɛntʃɜ˞i ðɛɹ wɑz noʊ ɹɪli bjutʌfʌl pɹɪntɪŋ dʌn:
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slightly clear
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quite confined sounding
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moderate intonation
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the best, mostly French or Low-Country, was neat and clear, but without any distinction;
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LJ001-0074.wav
| 223.954285
| 79.880356
| 55.456081
| 54.499401
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moderate speed
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ðʌ bɛst, moʊstli fɹɛntʃ ɔɹ loʊ-kʌntɹi, wɑz nit ʌnd klɪɹ, bʌt wɪθaʊt ɛni dɪstɪŋkʃʌn;
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slightly expressive
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the worst, which perhaps was the English, was a terrible falling-off from the work of the earlier presses;
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LJ001-0075.wav
| 244.523911
| 96.29155
| 56.213768
| 58.226707
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ðʌ wɜ˞st, wɪtʃ pɜ˞hæps wɑz ðʌ ɪŋɡlɪʃ, wɑz ʌ tɛɹʌbʌl fɑlɪŋ-ɔf fɹʌm ðʌ wɜ˞k ʌv ðʌ ɜ˞liɜ˞ pɹɛsʌz;
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and things got worse and worse through the whole of the seventeenth century, so that in the eighteenth printing was very miserably performed.
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LJ001-0076.wav
| 206.196121
| 70.737076
| 60.818432
| 52.578537
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ʌnd θɪŋz ɡɑt wɜ˞s ʌnd wɜ˞s θɹu ðʌ hoʊl ʌv ðʌ sɛvʌntinθ sɛntʃɜ˞i, soʊ ðæt ɪn ðʌ eɪtinθ pɹɪntɪŋ wɑz vɛɹi mɪzɜ˞ʌbli pɜ˞fɔɹmd.
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quite clear
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quite confined sounding
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slightly expressive
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In England about this time, an attempt was made (notably by Caslon, who started business in London as a type-founder in 1720)
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LJ001-0077.wav
| 203.57962
| 60.87114
| 50.995823
| 50.179935
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ɪn ɪŋɡlʌnd ʌbaʊt ðɪs taɪm, æn ʌtɛmpt wɑz meɪd (noʊtʌbli baɪ , hu stɑɹtɪd bɪznʌs ɪn lʌndʌn æz ʌ taɪp-faʊndɜ˞ ɪn )
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moderate ambient sound
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slightly confined sounding
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moderate intonation
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to improve the letter in form.
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LJ001-0078.wav
| 238.805359
| 77.897369
| 51.437637
| 58.332283
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tu ɪmpɹuv ðʌ lɛtɜ˞ ɪn fɔɹm.
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moderate ambient sound
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very confined sounding
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slightly expressive
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Caslon's type is clear and neat, and fairly well designed;
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LJ001-0079.wav
| 234.247421
| 84.937042
| 54.917023
| 58.238197
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'ɛs taɪp ɪz klɪɹ ʌnd nit, ʌnd fɛɹli wɛl dɪzaɪnd;
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slightly clear
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very confined sounding
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he seems to have taken the letter of the Elzevirs of the seventeenth century for his model:
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hi simz tu hæv teɪkʌn ðʌ lɛtɜ˞ ʌv ðʌ ʌv ðʌ sɛvʌntinθ sɛntʃɜ˞i fɔɹ hɪz mɑdʌl:
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type cast from his matrices is still in everyday use.
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LJ001-0081.wav
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taɪp kæst fɹʌm hɪz meɪtɹɪsɪz ɪz stɪl ɪn ɛvɹideɪ jus.
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In spite, however, of his praiseworthy efforts, printing had still one last degradation to undergo.
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LJ001-0082.wav
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ɪn spaɪt, haʊɛvɜ˞, ʌv hɪz pɹeɪzwɜ˞ði ɛfɜ˞ts, pɹɪntɪŋ hæd stɪl wʌn læst dɛɡɹʌdeɪʃʌn tu ʌndɜ˞ɡoʊ.
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The seventeenth century founts were bad rather negatively than positively.
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ðʌ sɛvʌntinθ sɛntʃɜ˞i wɜ˞ bæd ɹæðɜ˞ nɛɡʌtɪvli ðæn pɑzʌtɪvli.
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But for the beauty of the earlier work they might have seemed tolerable.
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LJ001-0084.wav
| 216.485626
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bʌt fɔɹ ðʌ bjuti ʌv ðʌ ɜ˞liɜ˞ wɜ˞k ðeɪ maɪt hæv simd tɑlɜ˞ʌbʌl.
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It was reserved for the founders of the later eighteenth century to produce letters which are positively ugly, and which, it may be added,
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LJ001-0085.wav
| 240.559906
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ɪt wɑz ɹɪzɜ˞vd fɔɹ ðʌ faʊndɜ˞z ʌv ðʌ leɪtɜ˞ eɪtinθ sɛntʃɜ˞i tu pɹʌdus lɛtɜ˞z wɪtʃ ɑɹ pɑzʌtɪvli ʌɡli, ʌnd wɪtʃ, ɪt meɪ bi ædʌd,
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are dazzling and unpleasant to the eye owing to the clumsy thickening and vulgar thinning of the lines:
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ɑɹ dæzʌlɪŋ ʌnd ʌnplɛzʌnt tu ðʌ aɪ oʊɪŋ tu ðʌ klʌmzi θɪkʌnɪŋ ʌnd vʌlɡɜ˞ θɪnɪŋ ʌv ðʌ laɪnz:
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for the seventeenth-century letters are at least pure and simple in line. The Italian, Bodoni, and the Frenchman, Didot,
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fɔɹ ðʌ sɛvʌntinθ-sɛntʃɜ˞i lɛtɜ˞z ɑɹ æt list pjʊɹ ʌnd sɪmpʌl ɪn laɪn. ðʌ ɪtæljʌn, , ʌnd ðʌ fɹɛntʃmæn, ,
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were the leaders in this luckless change, though our own Baskerville, who was at work some years before them, went much on the same lines;
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LJ001-0088.wav
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wɜ˞ ðʌ lidɜ˞z ɪn ðɪs lʌklʌs tʃeɪndʒ, ðoʊ aʊɜ˞ oʊn bæskɜ˞vɪl, hu wɑz æt wɜ˞k sʌm jɪɹz bɪfɔɹ ðɛm, wɛnt mʌtʃ ɑn ðʌ seɪm laɪnz;
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but his letters, though uninteresting and poor, are not nearly so gross and vulgar as those of either the Italian or the Frenchman.
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bʌt hɪz lɛtɜ˞z, ðoʊ ʌnɪntɹʌstɪŋ ʌnd puɹ, ɑɹ nɑt nɪɹli soʊ ɡɹoʊs ʌnd vʌlɡɜ˞ æz ðoʊz ʌv iðɜ˞ ðʌ ɪtæljʌn ɔɹ ðʌ fɹɛntʃmæn.
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With this change the art of printing touched bottom,
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wɪð ðɪs tʃeɪndʒ ðʌ ɑɹt ʌv pɹɪntɪŋ tʌtʃt bɑtʌm,
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so far as fine printing is concerned, though paper did not get to its worst till about 1840.
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soʊ fɑɹ æz faɪn pɹɪntɪŋ ɪz kʌnsɜ˞nd, ðoʊ peɪpɜ˞ dɪd nɑt ɡɛt tu ɪts wɜ˞st tɪl ʌbaʊt .
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The Chiswick press in 1844 revived Caslon's founts, printing for Messrs. Longman the Diary of Lady Willoughby.
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ðʌ tʃɪzwɪk pɹɛs ɪn ɹɪvaɪvd 'ɛs , pɹɪntɪŋ fɔɹ mɛsɜ˞z. lɔŋmʌn ðʌ daɪɜ˞i ʌv leɪdi wɪlʌbi.
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This experiment was so far successful that about 1850 Messrs. Miller and Richard of Edinburgh
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ðɪs ɪkspɛɹʌmʌnt wɑz soʊ fɑɹ sʌksɛsfʌl ðæt ʌbaʊt mɛsɜ˞z. mɪlɜ˞ ʌnd ɹɪtʃɜ˞d ʌv ɛdʌnbɜ˞oʊ
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were induced to cut punches for a series of "old style" letters.
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wɜ˞ ɪndust tu kʌt pʌntʃɪz fɔɹ ʌ sɪɹiz ʌv "oʊld staɪl" lɛtɜ˞z.
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These and similar founts, cast by the above firm and others,
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ðiz ʌnd sɪmʌlɜ˞ , kæst baɪ ðʌ ʌbʌv fɜ˞m ʌnd ʌðɜ˞z,
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have now come into general use and are obviously a great improvement on the ordinary "modern style" in use in England, which is in fact the Bodoni type
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hæv naʊ kʌm ɪntu dʒɛnɜ˞ʌl jus ʌnd ɑɹ ɑbviʌsli ʌ ɡɹeɪt ɪmpɹuvmʌnt ɑn ðʌ ɔɹdʌnɛɹi "mɑdɜ˞n staɪl" ɪn jus ɪn ɪŋɡlʌnd, wɪtʃ ɪz ɪn fækt ðʌ taɪp
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a little reduced in ugliness. The design of the letters of this modern "old style" leaves a good deal to be desired,
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ʌ lɪtʌl ɹʌdust ɪn ʌɡlinʌs. ðʌ dɪzaɪn ʌv ðʌ lɛtɜ˞z ʌv ðɪs mɑdɜ˞n "oʊld staɪl" livz ʌ ɡʊd dil tu bi dɪzaɪɜ˞d,
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and the whole effect is a little too gray, owing to the thinness of the letters.
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ʌnd ðʌ hoʊl ɪfɛkt ɪz ʌ lɪtʌl tu ɡɹeɪ, oʊɪŋ tu ðʌ θɪnnɪs ʌv ðʌ lɛtɜ˞z.
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It must be remembered, however, that most modern printing is done by machinery on soft paper, and not by the hand press,
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LJ001-0099.wav
| 205.826187
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ɪt mʌst bi ɹɪmɛmbɜ˞d, haʊɛvɜ˞, ðæt moʊst mɑdɜ˞n pɹɪntɪŋ ɪz dʌn baɪ mʌʃinɜ˞i ɑn sɑft peɪpɜ˞, ʌnd nɑt baɪ ðʌ hænd pɹɛs,
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and these somewhat wiry letters are suitable for the machine process, which would not do justice to letters of more generous design.
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ʌnd ðiz sʌmwʌt wɪɹi lɛtɜ˞z ɑɹ sutʌbʌl fɔɹ ðʌ mʌʃin pɹɑsɛs, wɪtʃ wʊd nɑt du dʒʌstʌs tu lɛtɜ˞z ʌv mɔɹ dʒɛnɜ˞ʌs dɪzaɪn.
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