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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A general haze surrounds the subject of the contribution of less well - known typecutters to printing . Although the use of a distinguished type may be one of the chief reasons for the printer's success , compare the fame of the printer ...
A general haze surrounds the subject of the contribution of less well - known typecutters to printing . Although the use of a distinguished type may be one of the chief reasons for the printer's success , compare the fame of the printer ...
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The printer possesses also Spaces and Leads as a normal part of his typographical material , straight lines of metal known as rules , braces , and finally a more or less indiscriminate collection of ornaments — head and tail - pieces ...
The printer possesses also Spaces and Leads as a normal part of his typographical material , straight lines of metal known as rules , braces , and finally a more or less indiscriminate collection of ornaments — head and tail - pieces ...
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No copy of the first edition is known to be extant - Dr . Campbell quoted the title imperfectly from a contemporary advertisement - and neither Hildeburn nor Campbell knew that a second edition had ever been issued .
No copy of the first edition is known to be extant - Dr . Campbell quoted the title imperfectly from a contemporary advertisement - and neither Hildeburn nor Campbell knew that a second edition had ever been issued .
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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
Información bibliográfica
| 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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