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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO SELECT THE BEST FACES OF TYPE AND MODES OF DISPLAY FOR GOVERNMENT PRINTING. With A NOTE ON THE LEGIBILITY OF PRINTED MATTER. PREPARED FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TYPE FACES BY LUCIEN ALPHONSE LEGROS.
Legros, L.A.
2 volumes.
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- London : H.M. Stationery Office 1922
- 4to.
- later cloth with original paper wrappers bound-in for first title; self paper wrappers for second title.
- (ii), 18 pages followed by the plates; (ii), 17 pages.
- Order Nr. 21289
- Price: $ 175.00
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This interesting report was issued in an effort to specify what constituted good typography for Government printing jobs. Legros's report to the committee traced the history up to his day of what was known about the physiological aspects of book design, ie, the size of letters, white space, etc., on the reader's ability to concentrate on the printed word. The plates (plates 1-9, plates 1a-9a, plates 10-14) demonstrate design before and after changes in typography.
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GOUDY GAUDEAMUS, IN CELEBRATION ...
First edition, limited to 195 numbered copies. Designed and stenciled by Lucina Wakefield. Beautifully printed under the guidance of Edna Beilenson, Evelyn Harter, Emily Connor and Fanny Duschnes with many plates in color including some foldouts. Produced by "The Distaff Side." Each signature was printed by a different press. Includes work by Christopher Morley, D.B. Updike, and others. Includes the special birthday broadside tipped-in to the front. Bookplate partially removed from front pastedown.
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