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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From 1548 the books of Enea Vico printed at Venice begin the fashion in Italy , where , after 1550 , examples are fairly numerous . In the Netherlands also , beginning with the work of Hubert Goltzius at Bruges , they are met with ...
From 1548 the books of Enea Vico printed at Venice begin the fashion in Italy , where , after 1550 , examples are fairly numerous . In the Netherlands also , beginning with the work of Hubert Goltzius at Bruges , they are met with ...
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Italy has knocked its parliament down and handed the whip to Signor Mussolini to thrash Italian democracy and bureaucracy into some sort of order and efficiency . In Spain the king and the military commander - inchief have refused to ...
Italy has knocked its parliament down and handed the whip to Signor Mussolini to thrash Italian democracy and bureaucracy into some sort of order and efficiency . In Spain the king and the military commander - inchief have refused to ...
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Our old style faces descend from the early Italian Roman types and differ in minor details and “ national ” characteristics . Among the old style faces used in this book are Bembo and Centaur , which reflect the Italian form ; Estienne ...
Our old style faces descend from the early Italian Roman types and differ in minor details and “ national ” characteristics . Among the old style faces used in this book are Bembo and Centaur , which reflect the Italian form ; Estienne ...
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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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