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
Invitation based on inscription plate, 236
Ornaments as eye-attracters, 237
Postal-card announcement, 238
Good advertising typography, 239
An announcement, 240 (insert)
Announcement in two groups, 241
Study in tone values and margins, 242
Harmony of type and decoration, 243
A brief announcement, 244
Colonial style of treatment, 245
Literal treatment in Colonial style, 246
Two pages from an announcement circular, 247, 248.
From a convention announcement, 249
Liberal leading of type lines, 250
Harmony in gray tones, 251
Blotter in rugged style, 252
TICKETS
_Page 107_
Classic, refined treatment for art and literary purposes, 256
The historic Gothic, or pointed style, 257 (insert)
Strong treatment, the motive of modern origin, 258 (insert)
A striking effect for the college student, 259 (insert)
Modern treatment based upon the Colonial, 260
Suggestion for course tickets, 261
Daintily appropriate in type-face and illustration, 262
The mission style applied to ticket composition, 263
The ecclesiastical or missal style well adapted, 264
Perhaps Morris would have set a ticket this way, 265
The medieval art worker furnished this motive, 266
Modern application of classic type effects, 267
Patterned after Colonial treatment of title-pages, 268
A dainty, refined effect suited to many occasions, 269
Robust treatment of an outing ticket, 270
The cab ornament dictated the type formation, 271
Treatment that should prevent easy counterfeiting, 272
Decoration suitable for the subject, 273
Arrangement with French motive, 274
LETTERHEADS AND ENVELOPS
_Page 111_
A large amount of copy conventionally treated, 275 (insert)
Small type for professional stationery, 276 (insert)
Church stationery of the conventional kind, 277 (insert)
A change in style of professional stationery, 278 (insert)
Elaborate border around letter sheet, 279
Symmetrical arrangement, 280
Squared effects, 281
Simple treatment of little copy, 282
Character in letterhead design, 283
Colonial rule border panel, 284
Advertising a meeting, 285
A well-treated panel heading, 286
Suggestion of the ecclesiastic, 287
Three lines of equal length, 288
For the general store, 289
Treatment suggesting the business, 290
Novel and dignified treatment, 291
A distinctive heading, 292
Decorative initials in heading, 293
Just a neat typographic arrangement, 294
Dignity in letterhead designing, 295
A heading in two groups, 296
Uncommon distribution of color, 297
Double-panel treatment, 298
Distinction in letterhead design, 299
An ornament with a touch of color, 300
A cross-lined panel, 301
A German idea, 302
Note-sheet typography, 303
Humor in a notehead, 304
Conventional treatment of an envelop corner, 305
Artistic envelop treatment, 306
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