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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This duty is to teach the professional , by example , about the outer cultural world , and to experiment for him in matters of printing style . Now this is directly contrary to what ninety out of one hundred current amateurs would seem ...
This duty is to teach the professional , by example , about the outer cultural world , and to experiment for him in matters of printing style . Now this is directly contrary to what ninety out of one hundred current amateurs would seem ...
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It is too easy to fabricate such antiques , and to do so will in the long run give you less enjoyment than making something which in style is original and new . As a matter of fact it is already too late to think in terms of revivals ...
It is too easy to fabricate such antiques , and to do so will in the long run give you less enjoyment than making something which in style is original and new . As a matter of fact it is already too late to think in terms of revivals ...
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There are the important design and style differences that comprise the old style , transitional and modern faces suitable for books . And distinctions in weight or " color " ; distinctions in roundness , in degree of compactness ...
There are the important design and style differences that comprise the old style , transitional and modern faces suitable for books . And distinctions in weight or " color " ; distinctions in roundness , in degree of compactness ...
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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
Información bibliográfica
| 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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