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Typographica, New Series 07, 1963

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Designer: Spencer, Herbert.
Printer: County Press, Bradford.

Content includes:
Typography in Britain: Fletcher / Forbes / Gill, Alan Bartram, Richard Hollis, Robert Brownjohn, etc.
36 Typographers: biographical notes
Piet Zwart by Herbert Spencer
Design Underfoot by Anthony Robinson
Printed Ephemera reviewed by Nicholete Gray
Thematic photography by Euan Duff
Education and the Child by R.B. Lendon
This is my private World by Jane Gate
The Great Experiment reviewed by Jay Leyda

Details

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Herbert Spencer
  • Year: 1963
  • Client/Publisher: Lund Humphries
  • Size: 210mm x 275mm

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Typographica, New Series 7, 1963. Designed by Herbert Spencer
Typographica, New Series 7, 1963. Designed by Herbert Spencer
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