Typography 6, Shenval Press, Summer 1938

Robert Harling [Edited by]
Contents:
The Typography Of The Provincial Press by S. L. Righyni
An Autobiographical Fragment by Irme Reiner
Notes On Some Seventeenth Century English Types by A. F. Johnson
Ecclesiastical Typography by John Betjeman
From Cover To Cover a film script
Type Supplement: Reviews and Specimens
Bookshelf: Reviews

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Typography (Shenval Press)
Typography was a British design journal published by Shenval Press and edited by Robert Harling. It ran for eight issues between 1936 and 1939, documenting typography, printing, and book design at a pivotal moment in British graphic design history.

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Typography 6, Shenval Press, Summer 1938
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