Category: Art
The Editor desires to express his thanks to the following who have kindly assisted in the preparation of this volume:—to the Trustees of the Kelmscott Press for permission to reproduce the pages printed in the three types designed by William Morris, and to Mr. Emery Walker for...
The Editor desires to express his thanks to the following who have kindly assisted in the preparation of this volume:—to the Trustees of the Kelmscott Press for permission to re...
2. Part 2Since the “old-style” founts were designed about the middle of last century, what new book types have been cast by the founders for use by the printing trade generally have as a...
3. Part 3The use of composite tools (that is, tools which form a whole design in themselves and do not bear any definite relationship to one another) is now restricted to cheap bindings....
4. Part 4Many attempts have been made to modernise the old “Schwabacher” type, which dates from the middle of the fifteenth century, and differs from German Gothic, or “Fraktur,” by bein...
5. Part 5Lingering in thought over the far-away days of the glorious bibliographic and typographical past that France has enjoyed, one finds little has happened, amidst all the changes w...
6. Part 6Very different in conception and treatment, but more national in character, is the decorative illustration by Charles Kós (page 236) for his poem, “The Death of Attila”; while o...
7. Part 7During the past five years the Plimpton Press has contributed much to elevate the standard of printing and binding by abolishing to a large extent the prevalent custom of publis...