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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... desirable that such major elements of the title page as a sub - title or the author's name should be placed on one of the established levels . An observance of this principle makes for homogeneity of design . In reading a book so put ...
... desirable that such major elements of the title page as a sub - title or the author's name should be placed on one of the established levels . An observance of this principle makes for homogeneity of design . In reading a book so put ...
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... Desirable as wove paper is for certain purposes , it cannot be denied that it has less character than the laid sheet . It is also true that no feature of fine laid paper gives more character to a sheet than the so - called " antique ...
... Desirable as wove paper is for certain purposes , it cannot be denied that it has less character than the laid sheet . It is also true that no feature of fine laid paper gives more character to a sheet than the so - called " antique ...
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... desirable , even essential in the typography of propa- ganda , whether for commerce , politics , or religion , because in such printing only the freshest survives inattention . But the typography of books , apart from the category of ...
... desirable , even essential in the typography of propa- ganda , whether for commerce , politics , or religion , because in such printing only the freshest survives inattention . But the typography of books , apart from the category of ...
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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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| 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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