• Factors in the choice of type faces / by Geoffrey Dowding
Factors in the choice of type faces / by Geoffrey Dowding Factors in the choice of type faces / by Geoffrey Dowding

Factors in the choice of type faces / by Geoffrey Dowding

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REF.TY.0157
Reference Collection
xiv, 131 p. illus. 19 cm
1957
Geoffrey Dowding
Benham & Company Ltd
Wace & Company Ltd
London
Type and type-founding.
Discusses guidelines for successfully choosing type faces for a variety of print media, including books, periodicals, and newspapers. With sections on Legibility, Readability, The Printing Process, Paper, Illustrations and Lettering, Type Combinations, and Composition. With a bibliography (p. 117-118) and an index (p. 119-131). The first book of this series was "Finer Points in the Spacing and Arrangement of Type."