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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There is one ex- ample of type ornament known even in the fifteenth century , in an Aesop printed at Parma in 1483. ... But it is not until about 1560 that we find borders built up of type ornaments worked into ara- besque patterns .
There is one ex- ample of type ornament known even in the fifteenth century , in an Aesop printed at Parma in 1483. ... But it is not until about 1560 that we find borders built up of type ornaments worked into ara- besque patterns .
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interested in doing designs with type ornaments is worth considering . His experiments date back to Riverside Press days , though in that period no attempts were made to use type ornament except by conventional combinations into borders ...
interested in doing designs with type ornaments is worth considering . His experiments date back to Riverside Press days , though in that period no attempts were made to use type ornament except by conventional combinations into borders ...
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Most certainly B.R.'s accomplishments surpass those decorative combinations of type ornaments shown in early printers ' and typefounders ' specimens — yes , even including the foremost achievements of the hallowed rule benders .
Most certainly B.R.'s accomplishments surpass those decorative combinations of type ornaments shown in early printers ' and typefounders ' specimens — yes , even including the foremost achievements of the hallowed rule benders .
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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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