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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 97

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iptions on stone, and as these inscriptions were in cap-ital letters only, the appropriateness of the treatment ismanifest. As the letter is also formed of heavy and lightstrokes the harmony is enhanced. In section b there is harmony from both the historic 44 THE ART AND PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY… … EXAMPLE 25Cover-page for a catalog of books, using typeimitations of woodcut initials and borders and artistic viewpoints. Tlie black text face, representing^as it does the direct result of the evolution from cai)italletters, is appropriately used onl.v in its lower-case form.The use together of…

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