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The Fleuron

The Fleuron was a British journal of typography and book arts published in seven volumes from 1923 to 1930. A fleuron is a floral ornament used by typographers. In 1922 Stanley Morison — the influential typographical advisor to Monotype — together with Francis Meynell, Holbrook Jackson, Bernard Newdigate and Oliver Simon, founded the Fleuron Society in London. The Fleuron was the Fleuron Society's journal of typography and it was produced in seven lavish volumes. Each volume contained a rich variety of papers, illustrations, specimens, inserts and facsimiles along with essays by leading writers of typography and the book arts. The Fleuron is significant in containing influential essays and typographic material still relevant to the history and use of typeface. The Fleuron is also significant as one of a series of British typographic journals embodied in diverse formats and titles: the Monotype Recorder, Signature (typography journal) (1935–1940 and 1946–1954), Alphabet and Image (1946–1952), Typographica (1949–1967), Motif (1958–1967), Baseline (1979–present), Matrix (1981–2021) and Eye (1990–present). Anthologies and reproductions of The Fleuron are also now available.

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The Fleuron was a British journal of typography and book arts published in seven volumes from 1923 to 1930. A fleuron is a floral ornament used by typographers. In 1922 Stanley Morison — the influential typographical advisor to Monotype — together with Francis Meynell, Holbrook Jackson, Bernard Newdigate and Oliver Simon, founded the Fleuron Society in London. The Fleuron was the Fleuron Society's journal of typography and it was produced in seven lavish volumes. Each volume contained a rich variety of papers, illustrations, specimens, inserts and facsimiles along with essays by leading writers of typography and the book arts. The Fleuron is significant in containing influential essays and typographic material still relevant to the history and use of typeface. The Fleuron is also significant as one of a series of British typographic journals embodied in diverse formats and titles: the Monotype Recorder, Signature (typography journal) (1935–1940 and 1946–1954), Alphabet and Image (1946–1952), Typographica (1949–1967), Motif (1958–1967), Baseline (1979–present), Matrix (1981–2021) and Eye (1990–present). Anthologies and reproductions of The Fleuron are also now available.

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  1. publication date: 1923 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the publication date is "1923". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368308893

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