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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But in none of these former times was the contempt for the past nearly as complete as it is now . " From the Renaissance to the end of the eighteenth century men admired Roman antiquity ; the Romantic movement revived the Middle Ages .
But in none of these former times was the contempt for the past nearly as complete as it is now . " From the Renaissance to the end of the eighteenth century men admired Roman antiquity ; the Romantic movement revived the Middle Ages .
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... scribe or printer on the completion of his task ... the importance of these final paragraphs slowly diminished , and the information they gave was gradually transferred to the title page . Complete title pages bearing the date and ...
... scribe or printer on the completion of his task ... the importance of these final paragraphs slowly diminished , and the information they gave was gradually transferred to the title page . Complete title pages bearing the date and ...
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In order to leave complete freedom as to number of pages , the favorite custom is to number the text pages in arabic folio numbers , beginning with 1. The front pages are then numbered with roman folios , and thus it makes no difference ...
In order to leave complete freedom as to number of pages , the favorite custom is to number the text pages in arabic folio numbers , beginning with 1. The front pages are then numbered with roman folios , and thus it makes no difference ...
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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
Información bibliográfica
| 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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