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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... relation between a man of sense and his books . " Perhaps he was thinking of the vanity of fancy bindings , though it is more likely that he was beguiling himself into one of those untruths common to aphorizers . However that may be ...
... relation between a man of sense and his books . " Perhaps he was thinking of the vanity of fancy bindings , though it is more likely that he was beguiling himself into one of those untruths common to aphorizers . However that may be ...
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... relation between its tone and the white area of the margins ) . In the per- fect text - page all these elements may be observed in nice adjust- ment , severally and mutually . There are those who contend that a proper relation of ...
... relation between its tone and the white area of the margins ) . In the per- fect text - page all these elements may be observed in nice adjust- ment , severally and mutually . There are those who contend that a proper relation of ...
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... relation to the publishers they serve . The first four centuries of printing produced ninety - nine per cent of all ... relationship was born . That this relationship was a liv- ing thing is shown by the fact that Fichet had the ...
... relation to the publishers they serve . The first four centuries of printing produced ninety - nine per cent of all ... relationship was born . That this relationship was a liv- ing thing is shown by the fact that Fichet had 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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