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Visible Language, Vol 09, 02, Spring 1975

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Content includes:
Maurice Roche: Crâne, Carne by Thomas D. O’Donnell
Letters with Alternative Basic Shapes by Earl M. Herrick
Verbal Shape in the Poetry of Villon and Marot by Tom Conley
Development of Passenger/Pedestrian Oriented Symbols for Use in Transportation-Related Facilities by American Institute of Graphic Arts
Handwriting Education — A Bibliography of Contemporary Publications by Ching Y. Suen
The Inscription of the Whetstone from Strøm by Elmer H. Antonsen

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Year: 1975
  • Size: 154mm x 233mm

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Visible Language, Vol 09, 02, Spring 1975
Visible Language, Vol 09, 02, Spring 1975
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