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 Roman letter was the parent of all the styles notwithstanding the diversity that has appeared in Europe since the beginning of the Christian era . With a little imagination it is not difficult to note the resemblance between similar ...
The Roman letter was the parent of all the styles notwithstanding the diversity that has appeared in Europe since the beginning of the Christian era . With a little imagination it is not difficult to note the resemblance between similar ...
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It is customary to make Roman Capitals up- ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a b c d e f g h i j k lmnopqr s t u v w x y z Figure 4 shows the Capitals , Roman Lower - case and Italics with ...
It is customary to make Roman Capitals up- ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a b c d e f g h i j k lmnopqr s t u v w x y z Figure 4 shows the Capitals , Roman Lower - case and Italics with ...
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Semile Senex : Then you have seen the pointed black - letter , the round gothic , the aldine italic , the flemish black , and the early roman . Did not any of these styles please you ? Juvenis : Not one . To try to read the pointed ...
Semile Senex : Then you have seen the pointed black - letter , the round gothic , the aldine italic , the flemish black , and the early roman . Did not any of these styles please you ? Juvenis : Not one . To try to read the pointed ...
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OTTO F EGE The Story of the Alphabet | 3 |
LANCELOT HOGBEN Printing Paper and Playing Cards | 15 |
WROTH The First Work with | 65 |
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alphabet American appear artist beauty become beginning called capitals cast century character colophon common COMPOSED copy decoration desirable device early edition English example experience face fact Franklin friends give Greek hand head idea illustrations important interest issued Italy John kind known later 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 |
| Edición | revisada |
| Editor | World Publishing Company, 1951 |
| Procedencia del original | la Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 25 Ago 2009 |
| N.º de páginas | 417 páginas |
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