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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... tion as to his operations is enough , however , to require a verdict of " not proven " on any claim to priority in American type casting that has yet been made on his behalf . Because of the unfruitful nature of the enterprises which ...
... tion as to his operations is enough , however , to require a verdict of " not proven " on any claim to priority in American type casting that has yet been made on his behalf . Because of the unfruitful nature of the enterprises which ...
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... tion in January 1775 is the German letter employed in Sower's periodical , Ein Geistliches Magazien , and it is not likely that this or any other specimen of German type would have led the Conven- tion to a recommendation as sweeping as ...
... tion in January 1775 is the German letter employed in Sower's periodical , Ein Geistliches Magazien , and it is not likely that this or any other specimen of German type would have led the Conven- tion to a recommendation as sweeping as ...
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... tion forced upon the investigators the conclusion that " All Books of the present day are Badly Made . " The conclusion was unani- mous . Working out from this basic fact in an effort to arrive at the reasons underlying the evil , the ...
... tion forced upon the investigators the conclusion that " All Books of the present day are Badly Made . " The conclusion was unani- mous . Working out from this basic fact in an effort to arrive at the reasons underlying the evil , 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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