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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... volume , spread before him on a library table . Large volumes are , moreover , frequently justified by the fact that illus- trative plates of a large size are often desirable or essential . Who will deny that reproductions of Egyptian ...
... volume , spread before him on a library table . Large volumes are , moreover , frequently justified by the fact that illus- trative plates of a large size are often desirable or essential . Who will deny that reproductions of Egyptian ...
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... 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 should be as little else on the title ...
... 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 should be as little else on the title ...
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... volume ( inconsistently enough , weight does not enter into these expectations ) . These habits of mind have con- sequences in the typography ; they affect the choice of fount and size of type , and may necessitate the adoption of ...
... volume ( inconsistently enough , weight does not enter into these expectations ) . These habits of mind have con- sequences in the typography ; they affect the choice of fount and size of type , and may necessitate the adoption 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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