Books and Printing: A Treasury for TypophilesPaul A. Bennett World Publishing Company, 1951 - 417 páginas A collection of forty articles, poems, and essays by practitioners of the art of bookmaking. A unique feature of this book is that its articles are set in twenty-two different typefaces; thus it serves as a student's specimen book, affording an interesting comparison of the "color" and body of various composition faces while at the same time supplementing the comments of the typographic experts. More than one hundred illustrations of printers' marks, decorative bookplates, specimen pages, etc., complement the text--From publisher description. |
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... composed matter upon the sheet . Printing includes impressing in due order , perfecting the sheet in due register ( backing up ) , regulat- ing the inking , and achieving a crisp type - page . Finally the tone , weight and texture of ...
... composed matter upon the sheet . Printing includes impressing in due order , perfecting the sheet in due register ( backing up ) , regulat- ing the inking , and achieving a crisp type - page . Finally the tone , weight and texture of ...
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... often form disagreeable and confusing combinations with the last letter of the word , such as ff !, 11 !, f ?, etc. COMPOSED IN CENTAUR AND ARRIGHI TYPES BR ADVENTURER WITH TYPE ORNAMENT Paul A. Bennett Το anyone BRUCE ROGERS.
... often form disagreeable and confusing combinations with the last letter of the word , such as ff !, 11 !, f ?, etc. COMPOSED IN CENTAUR AND ARRIGHI TYPES BR ADVENTURER WITH TYPE ORNAMENT Paul A. Bennett Το anyone BRUCE ROGERS.
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A Treasury for Typophiles Paul A. Bennett. the original version of it was composed in 1728 , the very year in which its author , a youth of ... COMPOSED IN BASKERVILLE TYPES EARNEST ELMO CALKINS ** The Book & Job Print THE JOHN T. WINTERICH.
A Treasury for Typophiles Paul A. Bennett. the original version of it was composed in 1728 , the very year in which its author , a youth of ... COMPOSED IN BASKERVILLE TYPES EARNEST ELMO CALKINS ** The Book & Job Print THE JOHN T. WINTERICH.
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OTTO F EGE The Story of the Alphabet | 3 |
LANCELOT HOGBEN Printing Paper and Playing Cards | 15 |
RUTH S GRANNISS Colophons | 31 |
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