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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... taste in these groups of people otherwise well ed- ucated ? -By the deduction that they are not educated . That is ... taste is good in other matters - music , for example , and house furnishings . -You would deduce , then , that the ...
... taste in these groups of people otherwise well ed- ucated ? -By the deduction that they are not educated . That is ... taste is good in other matters - music , for example , and house furnishings . -You would deduce , then , that the ...
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... taste may be set up by " period " work , this " good taste ” is entirely that of the man of business and his customers ; it is not at all that of the hands — they are in no way responsible for it or affected by it ; on the other hand ...
... taste may be set up by " period " work , this " good taste ” is entirely that of the man of business and his customers ; it is not at all that of the hands — they are in no way responsible for it or affected by it ; on the other hand ...
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... taste in other centuries that would seem to refute this sweep- ing assertion . Perhaps it is worth noting here - and the fact is peculiarly ironical - that the design and style of official and governmental things - money , postage ...
... taste in other centuries that would seem to refute this sweep- ing assertion . Perhaps it is worth noting here - and the fact is peculiarly ironical - that the design and style of official and governmental things - money , postage ...
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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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