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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If you agree with this , you you will agree with my one main idea , i.e. , that the most important thing about printing is that it conveys thought , ideas , images , from one mind to other minds . This state- ment is what you might call ...
If you agree with this , you you will agree with my one main idea , i.e. , that the most important thing about printing is that it conveys thought , ideas , images , from one mind to other minds . This state- ment is what you might call ...
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Type well used is invisible as type , just as the perfect talking voice is the unnoticed vehicle for the transmis- sion of words , ideas . We may say , therefore , that printing may be delightful for many reasons , but that it is ...
Type well used is invisible as type , just as the perfect talking voice is the unnoticed vehicle for the transmis- sion of words , ideas . We may say , therefore , that printing may be delightful for many reasons , but that it is ...
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-The unions have only one idea - and it is not concerned with the improvement of printing . -Are there any trade schools that teach these things ? Are not the employers ' associations promoting schools to train men in the craft ?
-The unions have only one idea - and it is not concerned with the improvement of printing . -Are there any trade schools that teach these things ? Are not the employers ' associations promoting schools to train men in the craft ?
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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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