Books and Printing; a Treasury for TypophilesGood Press, 5 nov 2021 - 420 páginas Embark on a literary journey through the world of books and printing with this curated treasury for typophiles. Edited by Paul A. Bennett, this collection brings together writings from various authors, offering insights into the art of bookmaking, paleography, and book design. A must-read for bibliophiles, this classic delves deep into the intricacies of the book industry and the timeless allure of printed words. |
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... Colophon for a different reason, I don't recall any other book set in such a variety of distinguished body types. Yet that seemed so natural and sensible an idea for this that it has been stimulating to work it out. Much of the detail ...
... Colophon for a different reason, I don't recall any other book set in such a variety of distinguished body types. Yet that seemed so natural and sensible an idea for this that it has been stimulating to work it out. Much of the detail ...
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... colophon as a synonym for the printer's mark or device, without regard to position, has not yet gone as far as this and should be strenuously resisted. By standard use as well as by etymology, the word means the crowning stroke, or ...
... colophon as a synonym for the printer's mark or device, without regard to position, has not yet gone as far as this and should be strenuously resisted. By standard use as well as by etymology, the word means the crowning stroke, or ...
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... Colophon? The question would seem a reflection upon the intelligence of the average book-lover, at this late day, were it not that there seems to be a growing tendency, shared (even instigated) by lexicographers, to mis- define the word ...
... Colophon? The question would seem a reflection upon the intelligence of the average book-lover, at this late day, were it not that there seems to be a growing tendency, shared (even instigated) by lexicographers, to mis- define the word ...
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... colophon; a librarian wrote to request a copy of the "colophon of the Grolier Club" to add to a collection; a book-trade magazine issued an article on devices or trade- marks of publishers of today, appearing on the title pages of their ...
... colophon; a librarian wrote to request a copy of the "colophon of the Grolier Club" to add to a collection; a book-trade magazine issued an article on devices or trade- marks of publishers of today, appearing on the title pages of their ...
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... colophon is not really a colophon at all unless it appears at the end of the book. Most certainly the word does not properly mean merely a publisher's device wherever used, as stated in a [recent] anonymous illustrated article." No one ...
... colophon is not really a colophon at all unless it appears at the end of the book. Most certainly the word does not properly mean merely a publisher's device wherever used, as stated in a [recent] anonymous illustrated article." No one ...
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EDWIN ELIOTT WILLOUGHBY Printers Marks | |
Wroth THE FIRST WORK WITH AMERICAN TYPES | |
RONALD B McKERROW Typographic Debut | |
Ligatures | |
FRANCIS MEYNELL SOME COLLECTORS READ | |
EDWIN GRABHORN The Fine Art of Printing | |
Stanley Morison FIRST PRINCIPLES OF TYPOGRAPHY | |
CARL PURINGTON ROLLINS American Type Designers and Their Work | |
THEODORE LOW DE VINNE The Old and the New A FRIENDLY DISPUTE | |
ADVENTURER WITH TYPE ORNAMENT | |
SOME TENDENCIES IN MODERN TYPOGRAPHY | |
CLELAND Harsh Words | |
Books and Printing a Treasury | |
ANNE LYON HAIGHT Are Women the Natural Enemies of Books? | |
PORTER GARNETT The Ideal Book | |
M R M C G M R A M R L | |
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OSCAR OGG A Comparison of Calligraphy Lettering | |
PRINTER and PUBLISHER | |
EARNEST ELMO CALKINS The Book Job Print | |
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Abel Buell advertising Aldus alphabet amateur American artist Baskerville Bauhaus beauty Benjamin Bible Bodoni Bruce Rogers called calligraphy capitals Caslon cast character Cockerel colophon compositor contemporary copy craftsmen decoration device early Edinburgh edition England English engraved fact fonts foundry Franklin Galesburg graphic arts Greeks Grolier Club Gutenberg hand illustrations important imprint interest invention Italic Keimer Kelmscott later legibility letter-spacing letters look lower-case machine manuscript mark matter means mechanical modern Morris movable type Nonesuch Press original paper Phoenician Phoenician alphabet practice printer private press production publisher reader Roman Roman type seems serifs Shaw Shaw's sixteenth century Sower space specimen standards Stanley Morison style Table of Contents taste things trade tradition type design type face type ornaments type-founders typography W. A. Dwiggins William William Maxwell William Morris word writing