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, Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner, Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) DLC, Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · New York : Oswald Pub. Co. · leaf 48
s were passed to the rub-ricator or illuminator, if the manuscriptwas to be elaborately treated. The colored plate shown as a frontis-piece is from an old print and pictures ascribe at work. He is writing the text ona sheet of parchment held in place by aweight. The book from which he is copy-ing… … HALF-UNCIAL LETTERS Demonstrating the transition of Roman capitals into small or lower-case, letters is defective in perspective but is withal rather inter-esting. The most beautiful and elaborate specimen of theilluminators art now in existence is the famous Book ofKells,* a copy of the Gospels…
Printing · Graphic design (Typography) · Advertising layout and typography
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