John Johnson

1777 – 1848

9 works on record

Biography

John Johnson, printer, "wrote the book" on typography, typesetting, presses, and the business of printing. His 1824 "Typographia : or the Printers Instructor; including an account of the origin of printing; with biographical notices of the printers of England, from Caxton to the close of the sixteenth century; a series of ancient and modern alphabets, and Domesday characters: together with an elucidation of every subject connected with the art" was the definitive work of its time.

Works

Typographia, or, The printers' instructor

1824

Typographia, or the Printers' Instructor

Typographia

1824

J. Johnson, typ

This typographic specimen is composed of type and brass rule ...

Typographia, or the Printers' Instructor 2 Volume Set

Abridgment of Johnson's Typographia

To the Society of arts, this specimen of typographic composition is humbly submitted, as the most ingenious & original piece ever produced in this branch of art

An ecclesiastical history, ancient and modern, from the birth of Christ to the beginning of the eighteenth century