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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In the middle twenties when the project of a Limited Col- lected Edition was discussed , Shaw still preferred Caslon , but agreed to a larger size , pica solid , on a larger page , medium octavo . But , and to William Maxwell it was a ...
In the middle twenties when the project of a Limited Col- lected Edition was discussed , Shaw still preferred Caslon , but agreed to a larger size , pica solid , on a larger page , medium octavo . But , and to William Maxwell it was a ...
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Everybody's Political What's What provides us with an inter- esting example of the close collaboration in proof - reading be- tween William Maxwell , his press - readers and Shaw . Shaw , to illustrate some argument , asserted ...
Everybody's Political What's What provides us with an inter- esting example of the close collaboration in proof - reading be- tween William Maxwell , his press - readers and Shaw . Shaw , to illustrate some argument , asserted ...
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Some time prior to 1932 , Shaw asked Maxwell to suggest an engraver - illustrator for this Voltairean tale ; Maxwell suggested John Farleigh . With that thorough attention to detail charac- teristic of the Scot , he not only ensured ...
Some time prior to 1932 , Shaw asked Maxwell to suggest an engraver - illustrator for this Voltairean tale ; Maxwell suggested John Farleigh . With that thorough attention to detail charac- teristic of the Scot , he not only ensured ...
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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 |
| 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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