Applied Design for Printers a Handbook of the Principles of Arrangement, with Brief Comment on the Periods of Design Which Have Most Strongly Influenc (Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices) - Softcover

Gage, Harry Lawrence

9781153829106: Applied Design for Printers a Handbook of the Principles of Arrangement, with Brief Comment on the Periods of Design Which Have Most Strongly Influenc (Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices)

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ISBN 10: 115382910X ISBN 13: 9781153829106

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Excerpt: ...beginning of thedecline of typography in America. During almost the entire 19th Centurythere was neither reason nor design in most of the printing produced. Pg 58 Figs. 42 and 43. Facing pages from "The Tale of Beowulf," as designedand printed by William Morris. The small reproductions give buta suggestion of the Morris conception of book-making. Pg 59 After a century or more of the most haphazard printing, Morris revived the traditions of the first book-makers, thereby stimulating aworld-wide renewal of interest in typography and design. Pg 60 Fig. 44. Page designed by Mr. Bruce Rogers. Pg 61 Fig. 45. Title page by Mr. F. W. Goudy. Pg 62 Fig. 46. Folder cover arranged by Mr. T. M. Cleleand. Pg 63 Fig. 47. Catalogue page by Mr. D. B. Updike. Pg 64 SUPPLEMENTARY READING The Principles of Design. By Ernest Allen Batchelder. Inland Printer Company, Chicago. Design in Theory and Practice. By Ernest Allen Batchelder. MacMillan Company, New York. A Manual of Historic Ornament. By Richard Glazier. B. T. Batsford, 94 High Holburn, London. Line and Form. By Walter Crane. G. Bell and Sons, London. The Bases of Design. By Walter Crane. G. Bell and Sons, London. A History of Ornament. By A. D. F. Hamlin. Century Company, New York. Ornament and Its Application. By Lewis F. Day. Scribner's, New York. Nature in Ornament. By Lewis F. Day. B. T. Batsford, 94 High Holburn, London. Pg 65 REVIEW QUESTIONS SUGGESTIONS TO STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS The following questions, based on the contents of this pamphlet, are intended to serve (1) as a guide to the study of the text, (2) as an aid to the student in putting the information contained into definite statements without actually memorizing the text, (3) as a means of securing from the student a reproduction of the information in his own words. A careful following of the questions by the reader will insure full acquaintance with every part of the text, avoiding the accidental omission of what might be of...

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