Books and Printing: A Treasury for TypophilesA 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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If the book has both Preface and In- troduction , the Preface may be set in italics to mark the distinc- tion . Italics may also be employed if the Preface has been written by a person other than the author .
If the book has both Preface and In- troduction , the Preface may be set in italics to mark the distinc- tion . Italics may also be employed if the Preface has been written by a person other than the author .
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... in either direction does not deprive Capitals , Lower - case or Italics of their essential differences . aefg aefg Figure 2 in which the upper line of letters is essentially " Roman Lower- case " ; the lower essentially " Italic .
... in either direction does not deprive Capitals , Lower - case or Italics of their essential differences . aefg aefg Figure 2 in which the upper line of letters is essentially " Roman Lower- case " ; the lower essentially " Italic .
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Properly speaking there is no such thing as an alphabet of Italic Capitals , and where upright or nearly upright Italics ... But as Italics are commonly made with a considerable slope and cursive freedom , various sorts of sloping and ...
Properly speaking there is no such thing as an alphabet of Italic Capitals , and where upright or nearly upright Italics ... But as Italics are commonly made with a considerable slope and cursive freedom , various sorts of sloping and ...
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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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| Título | Books and Printing: A Treasury for Typophiles Volumen 259 de Forum books Forum books, F259 |
| Editor | Paul A. Bennett |
| Contribuidores | World Publishing Company, George Grady Press |
| Edición | revisada |
| Editor | World Publishing Company, 1951 |
| Procedencia del original | la Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 12 Abr 2007 |
| N.º de páginas | 417 páginas |
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