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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... type de- sign became an " art " rather than a craft , and as might be expected the personality of the designer ... faces involved the drawing of the design and the making of two or three patterns in thin brass of the outline of the letter - ...
... type de- sign became an " art " rather than a craft , and as might be expected the personality of the designer ... faces involved the drawing of the design and the making of two or three patterns in thin brass of the outline of the letter - ...
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... type face , Shaw's choice of , Gilgamesh ,. Colines , Simon , 185 Collins , F. H. , Authors ' and Printers ' Dictionary , 392 Collins , Howard , 394 Colman , Morris , 164 ... type faces , specimen , 416 Faques , William • 423 . INDEX.
... type face , Shaw's choice of , Gilgamesh ,. Colines , Simon , 185 Collins , F. H. , Authors ' and Printers ' Dictionary , 392 Collins , Howard , 394 Colman , Morris , 164 ... type faces , specimen , 416 Faques , William • 423 . INDEX.
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... type faces , specimen , 416 Faques , William , 50 Farjeon , Herbert , 209 Farleigh , John , 399 Fell types , 178 ... type face , 62 , 223 , 256 specimen , 417 Gardiner , Thomas , 51 Garnett , David , and Nonesuch Press , 191 , 198 ...
... type faces , specimen , 416 Faques , William , 50 Farjeon , Herbert , 209 Farleigh , John , 399 Fell types , 178 ... type face , 62 , 223 , 256 specimen , 417 Gardiner , Thomas , 51 Garnett , David , and Nonesuch Press , 191 , 198 ...
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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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