Pleger, John J · Chicago : The Inland printer company · leaf 265
le-page should be lettered in gold on theback. It would be just as fitting to have the entire tableof contents on the back in gold! Points should never beused except for abbreviations. Catch words such as ofthe need not be in a separate line of smaller type, and 250 BOOKBINDING wherever practicable… … lines are long, letter the back lengthwise, beginning at thehead. The natural lay of the book is on the back, andbooks so lettered will read regularly from left to right.When it stands on the shelf it reads downward. Manyfinishers letter such books from the tail up. This is obvi-ously impracticable…
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