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Typographica, Old Series 02, 1950

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Printed by Lund Humphries at the Country Press Bradford
Cover includes work by Imre Reiner

Content includes:
Frontispiece Lithograph by Robert Adams
Copper-plate Scripts by R. S. Hutchings
Political Typography by Michael Middleton
The Ornamental Lettering of Imre Reiner
Visual Aids by Michael Alexander
Typographical Review
Reviews (books, magazines, type specimen sheets)

Details

  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Herbert Spencer
  • Year: 1950
  • Client/Publisher: Lund Humphries
  • Size: 230mm x 310mm

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Typographica, Old Series 2, 1950
Typographica, Old Series 2, 1950
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