Books and Printing: A Treasury for TypophilesPaul A. Bennett World Publishing Company, 1951 - 417 páginas A 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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... least conscious that there is a window there , and that someone has enjoyed building it . That is not objectionable , because of a very important fact which has to do with the psychology of the subconscious mind . This is the fact that ...
... least conscious that there is a window there , and that someone has enjoyed building it . That is not objectionable , because of a very important fact which has to do with the psychology of the subconscious mind . This is the fact that ...
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... least in part , where occasion requires . " To Bruce Rogers , most distinguished of designers of books , the Anatomy " is an excellent short treatise that covers all the points of a well - designed volume . . . . I recommend it for the ...
... least in part , where occasion requires . " To Bruce Rogers , most distinguished of designers of books , the Anatomy " is an excellent short treatise that covers all the points of a well - designed volume . . . . I recommend it for the ...
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... least necessary to demand that it be capable of expressing the value of the composition ; of imposition , that the margins be proportionate to the area of the text , affording decent space for thumbs and fingers at the side and bottom ...
... least necessary to demand that it be capable of expressing the value of the composition ; of imposition , that the margins be proportionate to the area of the text , affording decent space for thumbs and fingers at the side and bottom ...
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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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