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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... fact that the book was pro- duced by mechanical means . The title page as we know it , giving the title , author's name and an imprint , being , in fact , a kind of advertisement of the book , was not well established until some years ...
... fact that the book was pro- duced by mechanical means . The title page as we know it , giving the title , author's name and an imprint , being , in fact , a kind of advertisement of the book , was not well established until some years ...
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... fact , several of the borders originally used for an open- ing were actually converted into title - borders after 1500. During the following century the variety of borders used in all the coun- tries where printing was practised is ...
... fact , several of the borders originally used for an open- ing were actually converted into title - borders after 1500. During the following century the variety of borders used in all the coun- tries where printing was practised is ...
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... fact of having very little money to spend on art . In my own experience , the most generous and appreciative customer for our wares has been the industrialist . What you do for him can often increase his profit very materially , and he ...
... fact of having very little money to spend on art . In my own experience , the most generous and appreciative customer for our wares has been the industrialist . What you do for him can often increase his profit very materially , and he ...
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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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