Books and Printing: A Treasury for TypophilesPaul A. Bennett World Publishing Company, 1951 - 417 páginas A 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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... fonts ) . The modern U begins to come into use in English printing about the middle of the seventeenth century . The letter w In early fonts this is often represented by vv . In later times the same is often found in fonts of extra ...
... fonts ) . The modern U begins to come into use in English printing about the middle of the seventeenth century . The letter w In early fonts this is often represented by vv . In later times the same is often found in fonts of extra ...
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... fonts we also find es , us , st , and others . ( The original Aldine italic had many more . ) When a letter part of which overhangs the body of the type , such as for f , happens to be followed by such an upright letter as l or h , or ...
... fonts we also find es , us , st , and others . ( The original Aldine italic had many more . ) When a letter part of which overhangs the body of the type , such as for f , happens to be followed by such an upright letter as l or h , or ...
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... fonts of job type were listed in foundry catalogues “ 5A 13a , " to indicate quantity , other letters being in proportion . There was seldom more than one of little used letters , necessitating a shift to another font when a line turned ...
... fonts of job type were listed in foundry catalogues “ 5A 13a , " to indicate quantity , other letters being in proportion . There was seldom more than one of little used letters , necessitating a shift to another font when a line turned ...
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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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