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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How do you explain such a crudity of taste in these groups of people otherwise well educated ? -By the deduction that they are not educated . That is to say that these people , cultivated in other ways , react precisely like savages ...
How do you explain such a crudity of taste in these groups of people otherwise well educated ? -By the deduction that they are not educated . That is to say that these people , cultivated in other ways , react precisely like savages ...
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We intended to choose our books to suit our tastes , not the imputed taste of a hypothetical public . Not that we felt ego - centric and exclusive about it , like the Cali , fornian millionaire who , I am told , caused a Shakespeare to ...
We intended to choose our books to suit our tastes , not the imputed taste of a hypothetical public . Not that we felt ego - centric and exclusive about it , like the Cali , fornian millionaire who , I am told , caused a Shakespeare to ...
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The - man - of - business - who - is - also - man - of - taste will tend to the “ period ” work , the - man - of - taste - who - is - also - man - of - business will tend to the imitation handicrafts . And , in the printing world ...
The - man - of - business - who - is - also - man - of - taste will tend to the “ period ” work , the - man - of - taste - who - is - also - man - of - business will tend to the imitation handicrafts . And , in the printing world ...
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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