Books and Printing; a Treasury for TypophilesGood Press, 5 nov 2021 - 420 páginas Embark on a literary journey through the world of books and printing with this curated treasury for typophiles. Edited by Paul A. Bennett, this collection brings together writings from various authors, offering insights into the art of bookmaking, paleography, and book design. A must-read for bibliophiles, this classic delves deep into the intricacies of the book industry and the timeless allure of printed words. |
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... important illustration? It is easy to trace the Roman O (oh) from its Greek parent, "omicron." P. Table of Contents Many letter pictures run in pairs—finger and hand, water and fish— and now after eye we find mouth "pi" (pe) which ...
... important illustration? It is easy to trace the Roman O (oh) from its Greek parent, "omicron." P. Table of Contents Many letter pictures run in pairs—finger and hand, water and fish— and now after eye we find mouth "pi" (pe) which ...
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... important in the daily lives of the Greeks, Hebrews and Phoenicians for it occupies the sixth place (Zeta) and the seventh in the latter alphabets. The Romans did not change its name or shape, but although there has been little change ...
... important in the daily lives of the Greeks, Hebrews and Phoenicians for it occupies the sixth place (Zeta) and the seventh in the latter alphabets. The Romans did not change its name or shape, but although there has been little change ...
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... important to bring glass into the picture. GLASS is an invention of great antiquity, being in fact an early Egyptian amenity; but the very qualities we admire in the iridescent glass of Etruscan or Roman vessels make it equally ...
... important to bring glass into the picture. GLASS is an invention of great antiquity, being in fact an early Egyptian amenity; but the very qualities we admire in the iridescent glass of Etruscan or Roman vessels make it equally ...
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... importance it was only natural that efforts should be made to devise a means of setting type mechanically at greater speed and less cost.... The failures were myriad. All efforts to take the foundry type used by the compositor and set ...
... importance it was only natural that efforts should be made to devise a means of setting type mechanically at greater speed and less cost.... The failures were myriad. All efforts to take the foundry type used by the compositor and set ...
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EDWIN ELIOTT WILLOUGHBY Printers Marks | |
THEIR FORMS AND DEVELOPMENT | |
Wroth THE FIRST WORK WITH AMERICAN TYPES | |
RONALD B McKERROW Typographic Debut | |
and | |
CHRISTOPHER SANDFORD Printing for Love | |
EDWIN GRABHORN The Fine Art of Printing | |
Stanley Morison FIRST PRINCIPLES OF TYPOGRAPHY | |
CARL PURINGTON ROLLINS American Type Designers and Their Work | |
FREDERIC W GOUDY TYPES AND TYPE DESIGN | |
ADVENTURER WITH TYPE ORNAMENT | |
SOME TENDENCIES IN MODERN TYPOGRAPHY | |
Ligatures | |
Books and Printing a Treasury | |
ANNE LYON HAIGHT Are Women the Natural Enemies of Books? | |
W A DWIGGINS EXTRACTS FROM AN INVESTIGATION INTO | |
MR MCG MR A MR L | |
COMPLAINT IN THREE | |
CLELAND Harsh Words | |
OSCAR OGG A Comparison of Calligraphy Lettering | |
EARNEST ELMO CALKINS The Book Job Print | |
G B S AND R R C 18981948 | |
PAUL A BENNETT On Type Faces For Books | |
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Abel Buell advertising Aldus alphabet amateur artist Baskerville beauty Bible bibliography Bodoni book-making book-seller Bruce Rogers called calligraphy capitals Caslon cast character Cockerel collector colophon contemporary copy craftsmen decoration device early edition eighteenth England English engraved essays example fact fifteenth fonts foundry Fournier Franklin French German Greeks Grolier Club Gutenberg hand illustrations important imprint interest invention Isaiah Thomas Italic Kelmscott later lower-case machine manuscript matter means modern Morris movable type Nonesuch Nonesuch Press original paper Pennsylvania Phoenician Phoenician alphabet printed books printer printer's mark private press production publisher reader Roman type seems serifs Shaw Shaw's sixteenth century Sower space specimen standards Stanley Morison style Table of Contents taste things title pages trade type design type face type founding typography volume W. A. Dwiggins William William Morris word writing