Herbert Spencer - British Graphic Designer

Typographica, New Series 06, 1962

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Content includes:
Reading by Touch by Donald Bell
Pat McAuliffe of Listovel by Brian MacMahon
Lettering in Coventry Cathedral by Nicolette Gray
Typewriter Type Faces by Alan Bartram
Penguin Covers- A correction
Watching Words Move by Brownjohn, Chermayeff and Geismar (48-page booklet)

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Typographica, New Series 6, 1962. Designed by Herbert Spencer
Typographica, New Series 6, 1962. Designed by Herbert Spencer
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