Alphabet and Image 6, Shenval Press, 1947

Contains articles on ‘artistic’ Victorian printing; the type designs of Eric Gill; changes in news presentation in the English provincial press; pre-Raphaelite drawings; and architectural drawings by Hugh Casson.

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Alphabet and Image
Alphabet and Image was a 1940s British post‑war periodical focused on typography, illustration, and literary design and was published by Shenval Press.

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Alphabet and Image 6, Shenval Press, 1947
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