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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... Shaw still preferred Caslon , but agreed to a larger size , pica solid , on a larger page , medium octavo . But , and to William Maxwell it was a considerable but , Shaw specified hand - setting . As a disciple of William Morris , Shaw ...
... Shaw still preferred Caslon , but agreed to a larger size , pica solid , on a larger page , medium octavo . But , and to William Maxwell it was a considerable but , Shaw specified hand - setting . As a disciple of William Morris , Shaw ...
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... Shaw takes in writing and revising before setting . His meticulous proof reading is as characteristic as the clarity of his proof correction . William Maxwell tells me that Shaw's first - proof corrections are often heavy , sometimes ...
... Shaw takes in writing and revising before setting . His meticulous proof reading is as characteristic as the clarity of his proof correction . William Maxwell tells me that Shaw's first - proof corrections are often heavy , sometimes ...
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... Shaw should have an illustrator capable of interpreting his ideas , he also took care that the engravings , paper and ink should all be happily matched and tested . By accepting full responsibility for the typography of the illustrated ...
... Shaw should have an illustrator capable of interpreting his ideas , he also took care that the engravings , paper and ink should all be happily matched and tested . By accepting full responsibility for the typography of the illustrated ...
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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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