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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More importantly , it would have assumed that every reader would read every essay - hardly an attainable ideal . Nor has any documentation been attempted to reconcile opposing viewpoints — that of A. W. Pollard and Holbrook Jackson ...
More importantly , it would have assumed that every reader would read every essay - hardly an attainable ideal . Nor has any documentation been attempted to reconcile opposing viewpoints — that of A. W. Pollard and Holbrook Jackson ...
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Typography may be defined as the art of rightly disposing printing material in accordance with specific purpose ; of so arranging the letters , distributing the space and controlling the type as to aid to the maximum the reader's ...
Typography may be defined as the art of rightly disposing printing material in accordance with specific purpose ; of so arranging the letters , distributing the space and controlling the type as to aid to the maximum the reader's ...
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As an ordinary reader , who cannot afford to buy handmade books , I object to the archaizing printer . It is only from the man with the machine that I can hope for any any amelioration of my lot as a reader . To his credit be it spoken ...
As an ordinary reader , who cannot afford to buy handmade books , I object to the archaizing printer . It is only from the man with the machine that I can hope for any any amelioration of my lot as a reader . To his credit be it spoken ...
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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
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| Título | Books and Printing: A Treasury for Typophiles Volumen 259 de Forum books Forum books, F259 |
| Editor | Paul A. Bennett |
| Contribuidores | World Publishing Company, George Grady Press |
| 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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