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The story of printing really begins with the earliest dawn of civilization. As soon as men developed a language, even of the simplest sort, they felt the necessity of a means of communication with those who were not present. This would be needed for the identification of prope...
The story of printing really begins with the earliest dawn of civilization. As soon as men developed a language, even of the simplest sort, they felt the necessity of a means of...
2. Chapter 2As already indicated, the writing materials in use in different places and at different times have varied greatly. Obviously anything capable of receiving an impression or beari...
3. Chapter 3As already indicated, ancient books were written on rolls of papyrus. The technical name of such a roll of papyrus was _volumen_ from which we get our word volume. With the incr...
4. Chapter 4As has already been said the papyrus manuscripts were ordinarily written in columns at right angles to the length of the roll. These columns were from two inches to three and a...
5. Chapter 5Books involved libraries. The book is written to preserve a record and this involves the preservation of the book itself. Consequently almost all of the centers of the world's c...
6. Chapter 6Methods of inscribing words or characters upon vellum or other writing material other than by the toilsome process of handwriting had long been in existence. Among the oldest of...
7. Chapter 7A primer of information regarding the history and mechanical construction of platen printing presses, from the original hand press to the modern job press, to which is added a c...
8. Chapter 8Suggestions for the apprentice compositor in setting his first jobs, especially about the important little things which go to make good display in typography. 63 pp.; examples;...
9. Chapter 910. Chapter 10The essential parts of a press and their functions; distinctive features of commonly used machines. Preparing the tympan, regulating the impression, underlaying and overlaying,...
11. Chapter 11Practical information about the usual operations in binding books; folding; gathering, collating, sewing, forwarding, finishing. Case making and cased-in books. Hand work and ma...
12. Chapter 1213. Chapter 13A handbook of the principles of arrangement, with brief comment on the periods of design which have most influenced printing. Treats of harmony, balance, proportion, and rhythm;...
14. Chapter 14A primer of information about the beginnings of printing, the development of the book, the development of printers' materials, and the work of the great pioneers. 63 pp.; 55 rev...
15. Chapter 1516. Chapter 16This series of Typographic Text-books is the result of the splendid co-operation of a large number of firms and individuals engaged in the printing business and its allied indus...