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Samuel Tyszkiewicz (noble)
Samuel Tyszkiewicz (1 January 1889–12 July 1954) was a Polish typographer, and a member of the once powerful Tyszkiewicz noble family. References * Jan Władysław Woś, ''Il tipografo Samuel F. Tyszkiewicz (1889-1954)'', Trento, Edizioni Civis, 1990. * Grzegorz Sowula, Samuel Tyszkiewicz (Bibliotheca Typographica), 1991, . * Marek Szypulski, Samuel Tyszkiewicz (1889–1954) - typograf emigracyjny, 2001, unpublished PhD dissertatio * Jan Władysław Woś, ''Kilka uwag o Samuelu F. Tyszkiewiczu, jego Oficynie wydawniczej, przynależności wyznaniowej i pochodzeniu'', Trento, Editrice Università degli studi di Trento, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Centro di Documentazione sulla Storia dell'Europa Orientale, 2006. * Jan Władysław Woś, ''Gdy wydawca jest artystą... Samuel Fryderyk Tyszkiewicz (1889-1954) i jego oficyna wydawnicza'', ''Akcent'', rok 27 (2006), nr 2 (104), str. 100–108. 1889 births 1954 deaths Samuel Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typographer
Typography is the art and technique of Typesetting, arranging type to make written language legibility, legible, readability, readable and beauty, appealing when displayed. The arrangement of type involves selecting typefaces, Point (typography), point sizes, line lengths, line spacing, letter spacing, and Kerning, spaces between pairs of letters. The term ''typography'' is also applied to the style, arrangement, and appearance of the letters, numbers, and symbols created by the process. Type design is a closely related craft, sometimes considered part of typography; most typographers do not design typefaces, and some type designers do not consider themselves typographers. Typography also may be used as an ornamental and decorative device, unrelated to the communication of information. Typography is also the work of graphic designers, art directors, manga artists, comic book artists, and, now, anyone who arranges words, letters, numbers, and symbols for publication, display, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyszkiewicz Family
The House of Tyszkiewicz (, singular: , , singular: , , singular: , , singular: , , singular: ) was a wealthy and influential Polish-Lithuanian (adjective), Polish-Lithuanian magnate family of Ruthenians, Ruthenian origin, with roots traced to the times of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. They held the Polish heraldry, Polish coat of arms Leliwa coat of arms, Leliwa. Their nobility was reaffirmed in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. The family traces its roots to a 15th-century Ruthenian boyar Kalenik Mishkovich and derives from the name of his grandson, Tysha with the addition of the Patronymic surname, patronymic, resulting in Tyszkiewicz-Kalenicki. A branch of the family Germanised the name to Tischkowitz and a few members of this branch are still to be found in Germany and the UK. Places named Tyszkiewicz Palace, "former Tyszkiewicz Palace", Tiškevičiai Palace, Palanga, Tiškevičiai Palace, and other historical properties of the family are located in W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Władysław Woś
Jan Władysław Woś (born April 19, 1939, in Warsaw) is a Polish historian, essayist, as well as fiction writer, bibliophile and book collector. He graduated from the University of Warsaw discussing a thesis on Dante Alighieri, Dante's philosophical system (''De amore in Dantis Divine Comedy, Divina Comoedia quaestiones''). He studied later in Milan, Leuven, Louvain, Florence, Pisa, Bonn, and Heidelberg. He has taught History of the Eastern Europe at the Universities of Pisa (1976-1987), Heidelberg (1985–86), Trento (1987-2009), and Venice (1990–91), also contributing to anthropological research in both Africa and Amazonia. His fields of interest are Polish history in the Sixteenth Century and History of the Roman Church, particularly regarding Italian/Polish relations. Having obtained his Italian citizenship in 1987, he was awarded a “laurea honoris causa” from the Polish University Abroad of London. He is a Member of the Bibliothèque Polonaise de Paris, Société Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
