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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OTTO F. EGE ** The Story of the Alphabet ITS EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT Do you know your ABC's ? Each Letter Character Has a History and a Reason for Its Present Form . Have you Ever Questioned the Origin and Significance of the Alphabet ...
OTTO F. EGE ** The Story of the Alphabet ITS EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT Do you know your ABC's ? Each Letter Character Has a History and a Reason for Its Present Form . Have you Ever Questioned the Origin and Significance of the Alphabet ...
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Curiously enough instead of being archaic , the Roman alphabet , which is now 2,000 years old , is still the most useful because of its legibility , and also the most beautiful . We derived twenty - three of our letters from the Romans ...
Curiously enough instead of being archaic , the Roman alphabet , which is now 2,000 years old , is still the most useful because of its legibility , and also the most beautiful . We derived twenty - three of our letters from the Romans ...
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X - Z Although we have no direct need for the letter X , for Z can be substituted for it when it is used as an initial letter , and " ks " when used elsewhere , it has remained in the alphabet since its frequent use by the Greeks .
X - Z Although we have no direct need for the letter X , for Z can be substituted for it when it is used as an initial letter , and " ks " when used elsewhere , it has remained in the alphabet since its frequent use by the Greeks .
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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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