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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... means . -Do you consider it a process that adds to the artistic possi- bilities of book printing ? -You mean according to the standards that prevailed in the earlier days of the craft ? -I do . Yes . -According to those standards it ...
... means . -Do you consider it a process that adds to the artistic possi- bilities of book printing ? -You mean according to the standards that prevailed in the earlier days of the craft ? -I do . Yes . -According to those standards it ...
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... means even softer , less printable , less bindable paper ; cheaper binding materials throughout ; sewing in 32's and other skimping in workmanship . And it means clumsier , uglier , more perishable books . While other industries are ...
... means even softer , less printable , less bindable paper ; cheaper binding materials throughout ; sewing in 32's and other skimping in workmanship . And it means clumsier , uglier , more perishable books . While other industries are ...
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... means could be made to serve fine ends ; that the machine in printing was a controllable tool . Therefore we set out to be mobilisers of other people's resources ; to be designers , specifiers , rather than manufac turers ; architects ...
... means could be made to serve fine ends ; that the machine in printing was a controllable tool . Therefore we set out to be mobilisers of other people's resources ; to be designers , specifiers , rather than manufac turers ; architects ...
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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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