Irregular type bodies, origin of, [33]
Isla (Lord) patron of Wilson, [258]
Italic, first cut by Aldus, [50]; early foreign founts, [51]; Van Dijk’s, [52]; various uses for, [52]
——— In England, fashions in, [52]; De Worde’s, [52], [91]; Day, [52], [96], [97], [98], [144], [176]; Vautrollier, [51], [98]; James, [214], [217]; Caslon, [52]; Baskerville, [275]
——— See also s.v. Roman and Italic
Italy, first Roman type in, [40]; first Gothic type in, [53]
JACKSON (JOS.) apprentice to Caslon I, [243], [288], [315]; first punch cut by, [315]; dismissed, [243], [288], [316]; partner with Cottrell, [288], [291], [316]; goes to sea, [289], [316]; starts a foundry, [291], [316]; first specimens, [316], [317]; Bowyer’s aid to [317], [323]; removes to Salisbury Square, [317]; makes a hollow square, [317]; his foundry, [317]; employed by Nichols, [320], [321]; Bensley, [323]; Oxford Press, [338]; fire of foundry, [324]; elegy on, [324]; death and tributes to, [324], [325]; portraits of, [288], [316], [325]
——— Matrices: Alexandrian Greek, [321]; Bengalee, [317]; Black, [317]; Codex-Bezæ Greek, [322]; Deva Nagari, [319]; Domesday, [74], [320], [321], [340]; Greek, [61], [311], [317], [323]; Hebrew, [317]; Music symbols, [323]; Persian, [317]; ‘Proscription’ letter, [317]; Roman, [48], [317], [323]; Script, [56], [317]
JALLESON, letter founder, [346]; his system of type bodies, [346]; Hebrew type, [346]
JAMES (THOS.) letter founder, [157], [212]–220; his family, [212]; apprentice to R. Andrews, [196], [212]; his letters from Holland, [113], [213]–17; his foundry, [217]; buys Greek of Grover, [195], [197]; rivalry with Caslon, [218], [220]; transactions with Ged, [218], [219]; second visit to Holland, [219]; decline of his business, [220]; buys Andrews’ foundry, [197], [211], [220]; death, [220]; advertisement by his widow, [220]