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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-While we are on this subject , may I ask you how you choose the artists who make your illustrations ? -My practice is to select an illustrator whose name is well known . -Is that the only point you consider ? -I should say , yes .
-While we are on this subject , may I ask you how you choose the artists who make your illustrations ? -My practice is to select an illustrator whose name is well known . -Is that the only point you consider ? -I should say , yes .
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A. Q : What is your own opinion on the subject of illustrations in books ? -In what particular do you mean ? -I mean , do you think that illustrations help or hinder the quality of a book ? -The question is too general to be answered ...
A. Q : What is your own opinion on the subject of illustrations in books ? -In what particular do you mean ? -I mean , do you think that illustrations help or hinder the quality of a book ? -The question is too general to be answered ...
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In this case , however , the Preface is preferably placed after the Contents and the List of Illustrations . CONTENTS ( always a right - hand page ) The Contents or Table of Contents , filling as many pages as necessary , follows the ...
In this case , however , the Preface is preferably placed after the Contents and the List of Illustrations . CONTENTS ( always a right - hand page ) The Contents or Table of Contents , filling as many pages as necessary , follows the ...
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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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