Methods of book design : the practice of an industrial craft / Hugh Williamson.
By: Williamson, Hugh.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : Oxford University Press, 1966Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xv, 433 p. : front., ill., facsims., tables, diagrs ; 26 cm.Subject(s): Book designDDC classification: 655.25Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 655.25 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00030979 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-415) and index.
An introduction to book design -- The typescript -- Format -- Margins -- Composition -- Composing machines -- Choice of type for the text -- Text types -- Principles of text design -- Details of text design -- Display and ornament -- Preliminary and end pages -- Letterpress blocks -- Letterpress printing -- Surface and recess processes -- Colour -- Illustration -- Paper -- Bookbinding -- The jacket -- Casting off -- Estimating -- Intention and result -- The purposes of book design.