- ISBN13: 9780823099597
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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New Vintage Type: Classic Fonts for the Digital Age
Pie Tree Press: Memories from the Composing Room Floor
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A new and expanded trade edition of Jim Rimmer’s letterpress limited-edition original makes available the autobiography of this gifted type designer and private-press printer. Beginning with his less than shining early academic career, Rimmer recounts his first experiences setting type at Vancouver Technical High School and leaving school after grade ten for a six-year apprenticeship in the composing room at J.W. Boyd’s in the 1950s. With stories about the c… More >>
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Early Advertising Alphabets, Initials and Typographic Ornaments
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full-page plates present the best typographical design from the 15th through the 20th centuries, including 60 handsome alphabets, many examples of decorative initials and a dazzling assortment of headings, scrolls and flourishes, rules and panels, ornaments, ribbons, cartouches, borders and more.
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