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
Refined theatrical printing, 372 (insert)
A strong poster on plain lines, 373 (insert)
Type treatment that suggests Franklin’s time, 374
Poster in Shakespearean typography, 375
Simple typographic treatment, 376
Colonial style on a window card, 377
Suggestion for an excursion card, 378
ADVERTISEMENTS
_Page 130_
Newspaper advertisement arranged without thought, 379
Easier to read and more pleasing to look at, 380
A city department-store advertisement, 381 (insert)
The conversational style, 382
Name and trademark sell the goods, 383
One word thoroly advertised, 384
Interesting use of white space, 385
A bordered advertisement, 386
Study in advertising values, 387
Pictorial store advertisement, 388
The store name does not appear, 389
Four country-newspaper advertisements, 390 (insert)
A good-looking advertisement, 391
Suggested by building architecture, 392
A long list of agents, 393
Planned to sell high-priced cars, 394
Roman lettering and architecture, 395
Uncommon placing of blank space, 396
Modest display of a magazine advertisement, 397
Blank space emphasizes illustration, 398
A country-newspaper advertisement, 399
Classified advertisements, 400
NEWSPAPERS
_Page 147_
First number of America’s first newspaper, 401
The first newspaper issued regularly, 402
Make-up of a suburban newspaper, 403 (insert)
Front-page make-up of a Hearst newspaper, 404
Same news story by the “Times,” 405
A four-deck heading, 406
Sporting-page make-up, 407
Pyramid make-up of advertisements, 408
PERIODICALS
_Page 151_
Decorative treatment of a Thanksgiving number, 409 (insert)
Dignity in make-up and typography, 410
Samples of actual type matter, 410-A, 422-A, 424-A
Typographical harmony of heading and text, 411
Advertising the story to the readers, 412
Inserted feature panel, 413
Illustration separated from heading, 414
Headings and text in same face, 415
Use of a small illustration, 416
Box headings on editorial pages, 417
Another way to feature editorials, 418
Excellent editorial typography, 419
Use of rules on editorial page, 420
News photograph on front page, 421
Fine typographic make-up, 422
Attractive first text page, 423
Running around illustration, 424
Feature page of a Christmas number, 425
Convention feature of a trade journal, 426
News headings and make-up, 427
Conservative, readable editorial page, 428
Caslon headings and old-style text, 429
Caslon typography on a magazine, 430
Typography of a pocket magazine, 431
HOUSE-ORGANS
_Page 161_
Two pages in Kennerley typography, 432 (insert)
Three pages from a quaintly-treated house-organ, 433, 434, 435
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