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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It would therefore be possible to look at them from various points of view , as , for instance , how many were vegetarians , anarchists , bigamists and top sergeants . This could be so of any group of craftsmen . If we look at printers ...
It would therefore be possible to look at them from various points of view , as , for instance , how many were vegetarians , anarchists , bigamists and top sergeants . This could be so of any group of craftsmen . If we look at printers ...
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That looks like faulty adjustment somewhere , doesn't it ? -Situation needs adjusting , certainly ! ... into the Maine woods and look back at it there's one thing that sticks out like a sore thumb . We've got into a rut .
That looks like faulty adjustment somewhere , doesn't it ? -Situation needs adjusting , certainly ! ... into the Maine woods and look back at it there's one thing that sticks out like a sore thumb . We've got into a rut .
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Her egeu unknow , but she made up to pass u reasonably young and arrective She looks capable ; bur she dou mot carry the burden of Stau ... Sir Arthur can hardly be much less than fifty ; but his naturajouoy aday make ble look pounger .
Her egeu unknow , but she made up to pass u reasonably young and arrective She looks capable ; bur she dou mot carry the burden of Stau ... Sir Arthur can hardly be much less than fifty ; but his naturajouoy aday make ble look pounger .
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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