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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... hand - made paper . Desirable as wove paper is for certain purposes , it cannot be denied that it has less character ... hand - made paper as machine - made lace is a sub- stitute for hand - made lace , and the disparity in quality ...
... hand - made paper . Desirable as wove paper is for certain purposes , it cannot be denied that it has less character ... hand - made paper as machine - made lace is a sub- stitute for hand - made lace , and the disparity in quality ...
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A Treasury for Typophiles Paul A. Bennett. should always be a right - hand page . Its reverse must be left blank . PREFACE [ OR FOREWORD ] ( always a right - hand page ) A Preface that has simply the ordinary character usual to most ...
A Treasury for Typophiles Paul A. Bennett. should always be a right - hand page . Its reverse must be left blank . PREFACE [ OR FOREWORD ] ( always a right - hand page ) A Preface that has simply the ordinary character usual to most ...
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... hand , should treat specifically of the subject of the book , and should contain only statements of direct bearing and importance . HALF TITLE ( always a right - hand page ) As the Bastard Title always precedes the Title Page , so the ...
... hand , should treat specifically of the subject of the book , and should contain only statements of direct bearing and importance . HALF TITLE ( always a right - hand page ) As the Bastard Title always precedes the Title Page , so 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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