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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... natural foes of books " met my eye . They were classed with the other enemies of books : damp , dust , dirt , book- worms , careless readers , borrowers , book stealers , book - ghouls , etc. , so I hastily turned to the page and read ...
... natural foes of books " met my eye . They were classed with the other enemies of books : damp , dust , dirt , book- worms , careless readers , borrowers , book stealers , book - ghouls , etc. , so I hastily turned to the page and read ...
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... natural reflection of that rather tortured world in which we find ourselves . If art , the drama , literature , and music reflect current trends of life it is natural that printing should in a measure do so . If we throw overboard old ...
... natural reflection of that rather tortured world in which we find ourselves . If art , the drama , literature , and music reflect current trends of life it is natural that printing should in a measure do so . If we throw overboard old ...
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... natural pen action in b . The arch of a letter , frequently handled in type as c , is more crisp and attractive in d , the natural pen form . In type , serifs help carry the eye in a horizontal direction , a de- signer friend points out ...
... natural pen action in b . The arch of a letter , frequently handled in type as c , is more crisp and attractive in d , the natural pen form . In type , serifs help carry the eye in a horizontal direction , a de- signer friend points out ...
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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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