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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The heavy , square roman capitals , like those of Froben at Basle , for the first line , with smaller capitals for ... In some countries a mixture of a “ lettre de forme ” and roman capitals was not unusual at the same period .
The heavy , square roman capitals , like those of Froben at Basle , for the first line , with smaller capitals for ... In some countries a mixture of a “ lettre de forme ” and roman capitals was not unusual at the same period .
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This may be secured by the use of the large initial letter ; the printing of the first word in CAPITALS , or SMALL CAPITALS ; CAPITALS and Small CAPITALS ; or by setting the first word into the margin . On no account should the opening ...
This may be secured by the use of the large initial letter ; the printing of the first word in CAPITALS , or SMALL CAPITALS ; CAPITALS and Small CAPITALS ; or by setting the first word into the margin . On no account should the opening ...
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It is customary to make Roman Capitals upABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnop qrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmı stuvwxyz Figure 4 shows the Capitals , Roman Lower - case and Italics with their customary as well as their essential ...
It is customary to make Roman Capitals upABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnop qrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmı stuvwxyz Figure 4 shows the Capitals , Roman Lower - case and Italics with their customary as well as their essential ...
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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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abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz alphabet American appeared artist beauty become beginning called capitals cast century character colophon common COMPOSED copy decoration early edition English example experience face fact Franklin friends give Greek hand head idea illustrations important interest issued Italy John kind known later learned less letter limited living look machine mark matter means mind Morris natural never original ornaments perhaps period possible practice present printer printing private press produced publisher question reader reason relation Reprinted result Roman rule seems sense simple space standards style taste things thought tion trade turn typography volume whole writing written
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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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