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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In the hands of a sufficiently experienced and versatile designer , " he added , " no rule is abso- lute to the point where it cannot be broken , at least in part , where occasion requires . " To Bruce Rogers , most distinguished of ...
In the hands of a sufficiently experienced and versatile designer , " he added , " no rule is abso- lute to the point where it cannot be broken , at least in part , where occasion requires . " To Bruce Rogers , most distinguished of ...
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All these things are hindrances to reading , and I still believe that to be read is the destiny of a book , and that reading is best when you are least conscious of print or paper or binding . Since the Kelmscott books are not likely to ...
All these things are hindrances to reading , and I still believe that to be read is the destiny of a book , and that reading is best when you are least conscious of print or paper or binding . Since the Kelmscott books are not likely to ...
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Since , at least eight other versions have been made : by the Eng- lish and American Linotype and Monotype , by Intertype , Ludlow , and the Stempel foundry . A documented article considering the XVI and XVII sources of the Garamond ...
Since , at least eight other versions have been made : by the Eng- lish and American Linotype and Monotype , by Intertype , Ludlow , and the Stempel foundry . A documented article considering the XVI and XVII sources of the Garamond ...
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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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