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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Since food is of primal importance , it is not surprising to find that he chose the ox- “ Alef " ( ah'lef ) , or rather ... Not only was the ox important as food but also as a beast of burden , for the ox had been harnessed to the plow ...
Since food is of primal importance , it is not surprising to find that he chose the ox- “ Alef " ( ah'lef ) , or rather ... Not only was the ox important as food but also as a beast of burden , for the ox had been harnessed to the plow ...
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Let us make no mistake : the important thing is the literary content of the book . How it is dressed is only of secondary importance . It can be dressed any old how . Obviously it is better when it is suitably dressed .
Let us make no mistake : the important thing is the literary content of the book . How it is dressed is only of secondary importance . It can be dressed any old how . Obviously it is better when it is suitably dressed .
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Finally the tone , weight and texture of the paper are important factors entering into the completed result . Typography , therefore , controls the composition , imposition , impression and paper . Of paper , it is at least necessary to ...
Finally the tone , weight and texture of the paper are important factors entering into the completed result . Typography , therefore , controls the composition , imposition , impression and paper . Of paper , it is at least necessary to ...
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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 advertising alphabet American appeared artist beauty become beginning called capitals century character common COMPOSED copy course decoration early edition English example experience face fact Franklin friends give hand human idea illustrations important interest issued Italy kind known later leading least less letter limited living look machine mark matter means mechanical mind Morris natural never original ornaments perhaps period piece possible practice present printer printing produced publisher reader reason Reprinted result Roman rules seems sense Shaw 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 |
| 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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