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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For one innovation P. S. Fournier is mainly responsible , the introduction of outline and other decorative capitals ... from Fournier and engraved vignettes , in his later years more and more abandoned decoration and outline letters .
For one innovation P. S. Fournier is mainly responsible , the introduction of outline and other decorative capitals ... from Fournier and engraved vignettes , in his later years more and more abandoned decoration and outline letters .
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Since the spaces ( at the ends of chapters or sections ) within which tailpieces may be placed differ in area , such decorative elements cannot always fall on the same level . This irregularity can be compensated for in a measure by ...
Since the spaces ( at the ends of chapters or sections ) within which tailpieces may be placed differ in area , such decorative elements cannot always fall on the same level . This irregularity can be compensated for in a measure by ...
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It is quite true that to an inventive printer decoration is not often necessary . In commercial printing , however , it seems to be a necessity , because the complexity of our civilization demands an infinite number of styles and ...
It is quite true that to an inventive printer decoration is not often necessary . In commercial printing , however , it seems to be a necessity , because the complexity of our civilization demands an infinite number of styles and ...
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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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