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Printing in relation to graphic art (1903)

French, George, 1853-1935 · Cleveland : The Imperial Press · leaf 78

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y mahoganywood and Cordova leather; Indian red insteadof brick red, peacock blue instead of sky blue,olive green instead of grass green; goldenbrowns, garnet reds, Egyptian yellows, deeptones of brown, green, and orange. These colorsare not gay, flippant nor flimsy; they are dig-nified and good… … Tone O quality of printing is of moregeneral importance than tone.It has great weight as a purelyartistic attribute, and it has agreat physiological value. If thetone of a page of print is not right—if it doesnot conform very closely to the standard set upby the rules of art—it will not be easy…

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