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Typography 8, Shenval Press, Summer 1939

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Content includes:
Lament For A Bluebook Bureaucracy by R. S. Hutchings
Victorian Street Balladsby Noel Carrington
The Typography Of Childrens Comicsby Denis Peck
Topographical Typography by Robert Harling
Rex Whistelr’s Book Decorations by Edith Olivier
Bookshelf review of Moholy-Nagy’s 1938 edition of The New Vision, where the reviewer not only compares Moholy to Walt Disney, but has some choice words about the typography of the New Bauhaus Books.
Type Supplement: Reviews and Specimens
Notes and acknowledgements

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 1930
  • Client/Publisher: Shenval Press
  • Size: 230mm x 280mm

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Typography 8, Shenval Press, Summer 1939
Typography 8, Shenval Press, Summer 1939
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