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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He quotes the Greek word colophon , the head or summit of anything , usually used in a figurative sense , the position on a crest of the City of Colophon ( whence its name ) , the first appearance of the word in the seven- teenth ...
He quotes the Greek word colophon , the head or summit of anything , usually used in a figurative sense , the position on a crest of the City of Colophon ( whence its name ) , the first appearance of the word in the seven- teenth ...
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We must next turn our attention to those aspects of a book which have to do with its plan and construction and which we have called tectonic . In its physical character a book addresses itself to two of our senses , the sense ...
We must next turn our attention to those aspects of a book which have to do with its plan and construction and which we have called tectonic . In its physical character a book addresses itself to two of our senses , the sense ...
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aspects , let us first deal with those elements which are , in part at least , evaluated through the sense of touch . Our first impression of a book is received from its exterior , its binding . Now the qualities to be looked for in the ...
aspects , let us first deal with those elements which are , in part at least , evaluated through the sense of touch . Our first impression of a book is received from its exterior , its binding . Now the qualities to be looked for in the ...
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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 |
| 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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