The Art & Practice of Typography: A Manual of American Printing, Including a Brief History up to the Twentieth Century, with Reproductions of the Work of Early Masters of the Craft, and a Practical Discussion and an Extensive Demonstration of the Modern Use of Type-faces and Methods of ArrangementGress, Edmund G. (Edmund Geiger)
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The Art & Practice of Typography: A Manual of American Printing, Including a Brief History up to the Twentieth Century, with Reproductions of the Work of Early Masters of the Craft, and a Practical Discussion and an Extensive Demonstration of the Modern Use of Type-faces and Methods of Arrangement
Gress, Edmund G. (Edmund Geiger)
Advertising layout and typography -- United States; Graphic design (Typography) -- United States; Printing -- United States -- History
Two typographic leaflet pages, 155, 156
Three pages in which rules are factors, 157, 158, 159
Label on a brilliant cover, 160
Admirable treatment for small amount of matter, 161
Adopting a photograph of wrong proportions, 162
Two artistic pages from type and rule, 163, 164
Rear and front cover designs of unconventional booklet, 165, 166
A prospectus page by Bradley, 167
Dignified typographic beauty, 168, 169
Hand-lettered cover page, 170
Representative page from a commemoration book, 171
Unconventional arrangement of a booklet page, 172
CATALOGS
_Page 83_
Page from an automobile catalog by Cleland, 175
Unusual treatment of a page, 176
Architectural title treatment, 177
Effective results obtained in a simple way, 178, 179
Inside page and cover of a publication catalog, 180, 181
German poster type on a catalog, 182
Title-page and inside page of a museum catalog, 183, 184
Rules on a book catalog, 185
Type matter prominently treated, 186
Unusual automobile catalog page, 187
Tabular rules in a wine list, 188
German wine-list treatment, 189
Title-page of an exhibit catalog, 190
Capitals and italic for descriptions, 191
Page from a sewing-machine catalog, 192
An attractive background, 193
Artistic catalog treatment, 194
Tabular matter in a catalog page, 195
PROGRAMS
_Page 91_
Program cover-page in ecclesiastical style, 200 (insert)
Economizing space on a program, 201
Missal style of church program, 202
Classic treatment of a church program page, 203
Program page in semi-missal style, 204
Generous margins on a program, 205
A dance card, 206
Page from a booklet program, 207
Unconventional treatment of a dance program, 208
The decorative border on a banquet program, 209
A halftone decorative background on a program, 210
A booklet program, 211
The banquet program in the form of a check book, 212
Humorous treatment of titles and odd arrangement, 213
Suggestion for a menu page, introducing a bit of fun, 214 (insert)
A classic menu page, 215
Program used by master printers, 216
Dignified style for menu page, 217
Treatment simulating woodcut decoration, 218
The missal style adapted to a menu program, 219
Unique arrangement of a menu page, 220
Excellent typographic treatment, 221
Refined entertainment program page, 222
Two pages from an entertainment program, 223, 224
Program page in lower-case, 225
The decoration was in color, 226
Program in Gothic style, 227
A well-arranged page, 228
ANNOUNCEMENTS
_Page 99_
Classic capitals combined with rules, 229 (insert)
Two pages from an announcement folder, 230, 231
Announcement in Colonial style, 232
Odd treatment of an announcement, 233
Announcement in poster art, 234, 235
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