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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... imprint , as the few business - like lines at the foot of the title page had come to be named . By the time that title pages were firmly established , publishing had become a separate business , and the publisher was not long in ...
... imprint , as the few business - like lines at the foot of the title page had come to be named . By the time that title pages were firmly established , publishing had become a separate business , and the publisher was not long in ...
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... imprint . In the case of a business volume this means the merchandise or business subject , the name of the business house , and the address or addresses . The typography should make these three divisions clear at a glance . There ...
... imprint . In the case of a business volume this means the merchandise or business subject , the name of the business house , and the address or addresses . The typography should make these three divisions clear at a glance . There ...
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... imprint grouped together a little above the center of the page . If there is a Dedication , I like the Copy- right statement at the top of the page lining with the top line of the title page , and the printer's imprint at the bottom of ...
... imprint grouped together a little above the center of the page . If there is a Dedication , I like the Copy- right statement at the top of the page lining with the top line of the title page , and the printer's imprint at the bottom 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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