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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German printers brought the art to Rome in 1467 , and two years later John of Spire , like Fust a goldsmith , had started work in Venice . In Switzerland , says McMurtrie , it seems likely that " the first printing office in Basle began ...
German printers brought the art to Rome in 1467 , and two years later John of Spire , like Fust a goldsmith , had started work in Venice . In Switzerland , says McMurtrie , it seems likely that " the first printing office in Basle began ...
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School , originally of Weimar and later of Munich . He pro- tested against a practice there manifested of discarding capital letters and depending solely on those in the lower - case . I con- soled him by showing him a French book ...
School , originally of Weimar and later of Munich . He pro- tested against a practice there manifested of discarding capital letters and depending solely on those in the lower - case . I con- soled him by showing him a French book ...
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James and Benjamin had differences , and Ben- jamin later admitted that he himself was " perhaps ... too saucy and provoking , " and that James , despite " the blows his passion too often urged him to bestow upon me , " was " otherwise ...
James and Benjamin had differences , and Ben- jamin later admitted that he himself was " perhaps ... too saucy and provoking , " and that James , despite " the blows his passion too often urged him to bestow upon me , " was " otherwise ...
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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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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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