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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... rule , until early in the seventeenth century there was only one capital letter , I ( in roman ) or ( in black - letter ) , for the letters now represented by I and J ; and only one capital letter V ( in roman ) or H ( in black - letter ) ...
... rule , until early in the seventeenth century there was only one capital letter , I ( in roman ) or ( in black - letter ) , for the letters now represented by I and J ; and only one capital letter V ( in roman ) or H ( in black - letter ) ...
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... rules , and the same rules , it may be suggested that the headings to Preface , Table of Contents , Intro- duction , etc ... rule for novels published as such . The novel in the form of Biography will be published as a Biog- raphy , demy ...
... rules , and the same rules , it may be suggested that the headings to Preface , Table of Contents , Intro- duction , etc ... rule for novels published as such . The novel in the form of Biography will be published as a Biog- raphy , demy ...
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... rule , and a piece of patent medicine reprint . A slug on a string hung on his upper case to hold the copy in place , for the oldest rule of the printing trade is " follow copy though it goes out the window . " In each corner of the ...
... rule , and a piece of patent medicine reprint . A slug on a string hung on his upper case to hold the copy in place , for the oldest rule of the printing trade is " follow copy though it goes out the window . " In each corner of the ...
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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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