Printing types : an introduction / by Alexander S. Lawson with Dwight Agner.

Printing types : an introduction / by Alexander S. Lawson with Dwight Agner.

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REF.TY.0295
Reference Collection
viii, 132 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
1990
1971
Dwight Agner
Alexander S. Lawson
Beacon Press
Boston
Type and type-founding.
Discusses the development of typesetting and the classification of type. With Sections on phototypesetting, computerized phototypesetting, contemporary type design, and type classification systems (The Vox System, The ATypI System, The British Standards System, The DIN System, and The Rational System). Revised and expanded edition. Publisher's description can be found at http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/89046056-d.html