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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The letters i , j , u and v As a general rule , until early in the seventeenth century there was only one capital letter , I ( in roman ) or J ( in black - letter ) , for the letters now represented by I and J ; and only one capital ...
The letters i , j , u and v As a general rule , until early in the seventeenth century there was only one capital letter , I ( in roman ) or J ( in black - letter ) , for the letters now represented by I and J ; and only one capital ...
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I take a different view to - day , not only of miniature types , but of rules and spacings generally . ... But although legibility must always be the first rule of printing , there are other important principles .
I take a different view to - day , not only of miniature types , but of rules and spacings generally . ... But although legibility must always be the first rule of printing , there are other important principles .
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Every printing office boasted one of those geniuses expert at rule twisting , who with shears , file and pliers bent brass rule into patterns that would print scrolls and flourishes around headlines and pages , ornaments for the corners ...
Every printing office boasted one of those geniuses expert at rule twisting , who with shears , file and pliers bent brass rule into patterns that would print scrolls and flourishes around headlines and pages , ornaments for the corners ...
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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 device early edition English example experience face fact Franklin friends give Greek hand head idea illustrations important interest issued Italy John kind known later learned 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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