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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Now the qualities to be looked for in the binding of a book are : ( 1 ) the character and quality of the material , ( 2 ) suit- ability , ( 3 ) soundness and charm of design , ( 4 ) agreeable color ( a relative term ) ...
Now the qualities to be looked for in the binding of a book are : ( 1 ) the character and quality of the material , ( 2 ) suit- ability , ( 3 ) soundness and charm of design , ( 4 ) agreeable color ( a relative term ) ...
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accidental " character is either disguised or lost and their recur- rence actually contributes to the unity of the volume by virtue of their consistent accentual value . An arbitrary arrangement of tailpieces is likely to produce a ...
accidental " character is either disguised or lost and their recur- rence actually contributes to the unity of the volume by virtue of their consistent accentual value . An arbitrary arrangement of tailpieces is likely to produce a ...
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style and character at their utmost are peculiar ( for reasons that have to do with the methods of manufacture ) to hand - made paper only , laid or wove , and , it may be further insisted , to only the best hand - made paper .
style and character at their utmost are peculiar ( for reasons that have to do with the methods of manufacture ) to hand - made paper only , laid or wove , and , it may be further insisted , to only the best hand - made paper .
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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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