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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known specimen of Mitchelson's letters or of any specific informa- tion as to his operations is enough , however , to require a verdict of " not proven " on any claim to priority in American type casting that has yet been made on his ...
known specimen of Mitchelson's letters or of any specific informa- tion as to his operations is enough , however , to require a verdict of " not proven " on any claim to priority in American type casting that has yet been made on his ...
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The only known specimen of printing type cast at that place before the meeting of the Conven- tion in January 1775 is the German letter employed in Sower's periodical , Ein Geistliches Magazien , and it is not likely that this or any ...
The only known specimen of printing type cast at that place before the meeting of the Conven- tion in January 1775 is the German letter employed in Sower's periodical , Ein Geistliches Magazien , and it is not likely that this or any ...
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This examina- tion forced upon the investigators the conclusion that " All Books of the present day are Badly Made . " The conclusion was unani- mous . Working out from this basic fact in an effort to arrive at the reasons underlying ...
This examina- tion forced upon the investigators the conclusion that " All Books of the present day are Badly Made . " The conclusion was unani- mous . Working out from this basic fact in an effort to arrive at the reasons underlying ...
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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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