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To the layman, all printing types look the same. But for typographers, graphic artists and others of that lunatic fringe who believe that the letters we look at daily (and take entirely for granted) are of profound importance, the question of how letters are formed, what shape they assume, and... read more
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First Sentence edit
Frederic W. Goudy, prolific type designer though he was, came rather late to the design of a black-letter type, just about midway, in fact, in his prodigious output of approximately 123 type designs.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alexander S. Lawson (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 686.224
Subjects edit
- Books › Arts & Photography › Design & Decorative Arts › Graphic Design › Typography
- Books › Computers & Internet › Graphic Design › Desktop Publishing
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