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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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moderate intonation
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in being comparatively modern.
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LJ001-0002.wav
| 227.569916
| 72.368309
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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
| 231.110748
| 73.45752
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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
| 241.972397
| 61.27985
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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
| 219.192612
| 64.127411
| 42.985756
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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
| 232.399399
| 62.734802
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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
| 235.234314
| 72.760376
| 53.447266
| 58.643097
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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
| 178.685486
| 40.345997
| 42.90733
| 41.248043
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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
| 238.954071
| 72.354546
| 54.834393
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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
| 238.692322
| 73.251312
| 53.642509
| 59.07552
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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
| 240.109299
| 74.480743
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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
| 254.379044
| 81.775192
| 56.081566
| 47.904003
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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
| 197.177032
| 73.14164
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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
| 235.743683
| 76.737396
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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
| 224.777588
| 80.678467
| 59.592251
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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
| 235.145172
| 86.487862
| 55.274876
| 38.511425
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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
| 237.969574
| 77.42144
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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
| 248.988342
| 102.831154
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| 56.604496
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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
| 242.651031
| 78.768784
| 50.267773
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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
| 223.264252
| 58.249664
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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
| 239.964218
| 65.360184
| 54.982895
| 48.220074
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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
| 230.124847
| 69.139977
| 58.058632
| 57.62701
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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
| 237.297745
| 86.8004
| 52.667728
| 51.347267
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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
| 232.91597
| 72.649277
| 58.153282
| 59.257511
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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
| 252.661896
| 93.738014
| 55.250126
| 32.420082
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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
| 260.705414
| 91.599243
| 64.921494
| 35.489197
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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
| 229.900894
| 67.846352
| 58.015022
| 52.496532
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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
| 227.056488
| 85.007042
| 58.15089
| 41.139606
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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
| 231.978058
| 83.780716
| 50.203564
| 58.558769
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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
| 205.324432
| 61.764652
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| 58.199055
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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
| 221.985626
| 67.407501
| 54.081318
| 47.411957
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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
| 223.661728
| 51.550022
| 55.954636
| 40.713043
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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
| 226.031021
| 69.226494
| 49.549072
| 49.292423
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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
| 215.350571
| 58.657253
| 57.047054
| 37.772202
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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
| 203.982513
| 68.653381
| 59.922157
| 56.960766
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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
| 227.729492
| 64.851479
| 54.98658
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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
| 217.401398
| 52.851414
| 60.433422
| 43.087257
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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
| 244.499023
| 85.035599
| 58.943691
| 46.224609
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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
| 236.546371
| 93.577682
| 57.288544
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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
| 236.055618
| 85.123604
| 57.844872
| 58.195423
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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
| 254.895493
| 81.085739
| 52.659866
| 56.472656
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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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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
| 199.907867
| 59.971817
| 55.600243
| 47.781212
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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
| 226.674683
| 75.668098
| 51.63678
| 41.7206
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ʌ fɜ˞ðɜ˞ dɪvɛlʌpmʌnt ʌv ðʌ ɹoʊmʌn lɛtɜ˞ tʊk pleɪs æt vɛnʌs.
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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
| 216.672272
| 64.410355
| 60.530285
| 52.046619
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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
| 204.643631
| 42.519066
| 58.719482
| 57.825169
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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
| 231.595108
| 82.301003
| 55.09779
| 51.023537
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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 confined sounding
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slightly expressive
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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
| 248.043259
| 80.007866
| 47.313637
| 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 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
| 231.927811
| 68.860031
| 49.704838
| 51.311649
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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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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
| 215.425018
| 66.01519
| 59.195683
| 52.755531
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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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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
| 214.576874
| 67.648659
| 57.634766
| 58.418602
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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
| 239.278717
| 57.531197
| 53.363865
| 54.960934
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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
| 239.10675
| 75.150307
| 55.557304
| 58.15485
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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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they must be considered to have ended the age of fine printing in Italy.
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LJ001-0053.wav
| 214.638306
| 67.458221
| 57.602932
| 44.880226
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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
| 247.972382
| 82.538216
| 63.137657
| 44.362045
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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
| 215.477158
| 65.131599
| 56.984962
| 58.852028
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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
| 203.740463
| 36.424686
| 52.312061
| 48.350258
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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
| 227.43428
| 65.290543
| 55.273319
| 56.380993
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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
| 207.651932
| 51.93174
| 51.762119
| 47.475632
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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 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
| 208.714233
| 79.661812
| 51.339668
| 55.387474
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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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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
| 263.837128
| 98.587669
| 56.56776
| 53.565052
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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
| 256.611511
| 82.936073
| 52.662632
| 57.950397
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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
| 196.681595
| 59.008785
| 52.808998
| 57.758408
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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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very confined sounding
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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
| 221.560837
| 89.110764
| 58.656185
| 58.945248
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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
| 211.108978
| 53.992188
| 56.624809
| 43.432587
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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
| 196.445038
| 59.088459
| 59.489044
| 55.368233
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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
| 215.035385
| 76.889771
| 59.197792
| 52.892406
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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
| 216.279678
| 64.344826
| 56.218414
| 55.877045
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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
| 209.396469
| 62.766701
| 58.964874
| 38.362793
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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
| 220.599686
| 55.327187
| 62.375813
| 34.739941
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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
| 243.384415
| 83.209229
| 58.664268
| 50.791859
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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
| 224.991302
| 83.633957
| 56.021248
| 57.555851
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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
| 232.962112
| 75.217087
| 63.020054
| 42.757847
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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
| 210.26918
| 66.741295
| 58.077526
| 52.785812
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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
| 223.958099
| 79.878761
| 55.456505
| 54.499241
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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
| 244.527328
| 96.286934
| 56.213997
| 58.226524
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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
| 206.367294
| 71.669807
| 60.818188
| 52.578327
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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
| 203.583298
| 60.87043
| 50.996136
| 50.179955
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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
| 238.814743
| 77.910225
| 51.438026
| 58.332275
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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
| 234.257523
| 84.938957
| 54.917973
| 58.238136
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'ɛs taɪp ɪz klɪɹ ʌnd nit, ʌnd fɛɹli wɛl dɪzaɪnd;
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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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LJ001-0083.wav
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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
| 216.503174
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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
| 240.566437
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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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LJ001-0087.wav
| 215.037109
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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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LJ001-0089.wav
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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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| 260.254608
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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
| 205.827896
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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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LJ001-0100.wav
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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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