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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The unevenness and hardness of paper , the irregu- larities of types ( both in respect of their printing faces and the di- mensions of their " bodies " ) and the mechanical imperfections of presses and printing methods made the work of ...
The unevenness and hardness of paper , the irregu- larities of types ( both in respect of their printing faces and the di- mensions of their " bodies " ) and the mechanical imperfections of presses and printing methods made the work of ...
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All the while that the technical and mechanical good quality is increasing , the de - humanizing of the workmen is also increasing . As we become more and more able to print finer and more elaborate and delicate types of letter it ...
All the while that the technical and mechanical good quality is increasing , the de - humanizing of the workmen is also increasing . As we become more and more able to print finer and more elaborate and delicate types of letter it ...
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... and work inhuman in its mechanical perfection . The imitation of the work of pre - industrial periods cannot make any important ultimate difference ; the introduction of industrial methods and appliances into small workshops cannot ...
... and work inhuman in its mechanical perfection . The imitation of the work of pre - industrial periods cannot make any important ultimate difference ; the introduction of industrial methods and appliances into small workshops cannot ...
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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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| 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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