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... impression to describe the pressure that is applied . Thus one speaks of the impression of engraving despite the fact that the image that is lowered in the plate is raised on the paper . I believe that understanding of the printing ...
... impression to describe the pressure that is applied . Thus one speaks of the impression of engraving despite the fact that the image that is lowered in the plate is raised on the paper . I believe that understanding of the printing ...
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... impression on a period of English printing than the whole collection of professionals . William Caslon had too much expe- rience with steel to put him into the class of amateur type designer . A better example is the second most ...
... impression on a period of English printing than the whole collection of professionals . William Caslon had too much expe- rience with steel to put him into the class of amateur type designer . A better example is the second most ...
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... impression and stiff ink may continue as standards for the ap- pearance of words on paper . The key to the comparison should rest in the answer to the question : " Does the page look like an original ? " A good page of letterpress ...
... impression and stiff ink may continue as standards for the ap- pearance of words on paper . The key to the comparison should rest in the answer to the question : " Does the page look like an original ? " A good page of letterpress ...
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Cutting and Casting | 43 |
CHAPTER IV The Incunabula 14401500 | 59 |
The Seventeenth Century | 111 |
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