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An Approach to Type / by John R. Biggs

An Approach to Type / by John R. Biggs

Books

REF.TS.0062
Reference Collection
135 p. illus. 26 cm
1962
John R. Biggs
Pitman Publishing Corporation
New York
Type and type-founding -- United States.
A type specimen book that also introduces the reader to the study of type. With sections on size, legibility, classification, rules, and paper. Specimens include Albertus, Bembo, Centaur, Imprint, and Perpetua, among others. With black-and-white illustrations and facsimiles, a bibliography (p. 51-53), and a glossary (p. 133-136).