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The art & practice of typography : a manual of American printing, including a brief history up to the twentieth century, with reproductions of the work of early masters of the craft, and a practical discussion and an extensive demonstration of the modern use of type-faces and methods of arrangement (1917)

Gress, Edmund G. (Edmund Geiger), 1872-1934 · New York : Oswald Pub. Co. · leaf 126

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reath, torch, acanthus leaves, all areconventionalized and blended pleasingly in outline draw-ing. The tone of the border approximates that of the typematter it surrounds. The acanthus leaf (Example 89) is the model for muchof the elaborate leaf decoration foundon the capitals of Corinthian… … EXAMPLE 100Slightly ornamental typography. CompareWith chair opposite. Design by ^Vill Bradley EXAMPLE 99Slightly ornamentalfurniture It may not occur to the averageprinter that architecture is in anyway allied with typograph.y—thatthere is any connection between theornamentation of a building and…

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