A survey of type faces which assesses their development from Gothic black letter to photo-composition and computer-generated forms. The book divides the faces into families and traces contemporary faces like Galliard and Janson back to their ancestors.
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Seller: Green Ink Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, POWYS, United Kingdom
Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Minor shelfwear, faint stain to top edge of text block. Otherwise clean bright tight book. Seller Inventory # 640963
Seller: Haymes Bookdealers, Kingscliff, NSW, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed. Jacket lightly sunned at spine; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 428 pages. Seller Inventory # B8324
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Seller: Emile Kerssemakers ILAB, Heerlen, Netherlands
23.5 x 15.5 cm. Cloth, with dust jacket, 428 pages. Illustrated. Text in English. In good condition. See picture. 960g. Seller Inventory # 79599
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Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR008351884
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