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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a ) ) printer who first used one , we have a clear indication of the reason which made him put his mark on a book — the simple reason that he was proud of his craftsmanship and wished it to be recognized as his .
a ) ) printer who first used one , we have a clear indication of the reason which made him put his mark on a book — the simple reason that he was proud of his craftsmanship and wished it to be recognized as his .
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а is not a waste of time to go to the simple fundamentals and reason from them . In the flurry of your individual problems , I think you will not mind spending half an hour on one broad and simple set of ideas involving abstract ...
а is not a waste of time to go to the simple fundamentals and reason from them . In the flurry of your individual problems , I think you will not mind spending half an hour on one broad and simple set of ideas involving abstract ...
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There is no reason to suppose that there is not today as much latent talent for the arts in existence , as at any time in their history . But talent for art is not talent for being an artist — one may have much of the one , without much ...
There is no reason to suppose that there is not today as much latent talent for the arts in existence , as at any time in their history . But talent for art is not talent for being an artist — one may have much of the one , without much ...
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BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION Page | 3 |
LANCELOT HOGBEN Printing Paper and Playing Cards | 15 |
WROTH The First Work with | 65 |
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advertising alphabet American appeared artist beauty become beginning called capitals cast century character colophon common 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 least 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
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| Título | Books and Printing: A Treasury for Typophiles Volumen 259 de Forum books Forum books, F259 |
| Editor | Paul A. Bennett |
| Contribuidores | World Publishing Company, George Grady Press |
| Edición | revisada |
| Editor | World Publishing Company, 1951 |
| Procedencia del original | la Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 9 Oct 2008 |
| N.º de páginas | 417 páginas |
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