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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... Type Designers 239 and Their Work ERIC GILL Typography FREDERIC W. GOUDY Types and Type Design 252 257 267 THEODORE ... Faces for Books PAUL A. BENNETT Notes on the Type Faces Used in This Book 411 402 Index 42 I BY WAY OF ...
... Type Designers 239 and Their Work ERIC GILL Typography FREDERIC W. GOUDY Types and Type Design 252 257 267 THEODORE ... Faces for Books PAUL A. BENNETT Notes on the Type Faces Used in This Book 411 402 Index 42 I BY WAY OF ...
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... suggest a feminine appeal with types like Estienne or Fairfield or Garamond , than with less decorative faces such as Baskerville , Bodoni or Janson . Yet it is foolish ⚫402⚫ PAUL A. BENNETT ** PAUL A BENNETT On Type Faces for Books.
... suggest a feminine appeal with types like Estienne or Fairfield or Garamond , than with less decorative faces such as Baskerville , Bodoni or Janson . Yet it is foolish ⚫402⚫ PAUL A. BENNETT ** PAUL A BENNETT On Type Faces for Books.
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... type face , 223 , 403 specimen , 414 de La Haye , Corneille , 60 Dent , J. M. , 157 DeSancha , Antonio , 415 De Vinne , Theodore Low , x , 31 Notable Printers of Italy ... type faces , specimen , 416 Faques , William • 423 . INDEX.
... type face , 223 , 403 specimen , 414 de La Haye , Corneille , 60 Dent , J. M. , 157 DeSancha , Antonio , 415 De Vinne , Theodore Low , x , 31 Notable Printers of Italy ... type faces , specimen , 416 Faques , William • 423 . INDEX.
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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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