hanical qualities, but the compositor must have been seeking for
"something new" in typography.]
[Illustration: Fig. 41. Showing a typical title page composed at the
beginning of the decline of typography in America. During almost the
entire 19th Century there was neither reason nor design in most of the
printing produced.]
[Illustration: Figs. 42 and 43. Facing pages from "The Tale of Beowulf,"
as designed and printed by William Morris. The small reproductions give
but a suggestion of the Morris conception of book-making.
After a century or more of the most haphazard printing, Morris revived
the traditions of the first book-makers, thereby stimulating a
world-wide renewal of interest in typography and design.]
[Illustration: Fig. 44. Page designed by Mr. Bruce Rogers.]
[Illustration: Fig. 45. Title page by Mr. F. W. Goudy.]
[Illustration: Fig. 46. Folder cover arranged by Mr. T. M. Cleleand.]
[Illustration: Fig. 47. Catalogue page by Mr. D. B. Updike.]
SUPPLEMENTARY READING
The Principles of Design. By Ernest Allen Batchelder. Inland
Printer Company, Chicago.
Design in Theory and Practice. By Ernest Allen Batchelder.
MacMillan Company, New York.
A Manual of Historic Ornament. By Richard Glazier. B. T. Batsford,
94 High Holburn, London.
Line and Form. By Walter Crane. G. Bell and Sons, London.
The Bases of Design. By Walter Crane. G. Bell and Sons, London.
A History of Ornament. By A. D. F. Hamlin. Century Company, New York.
Ornament and Its Application. By Lewis F. Day. Scribner's, New York.
Nature in Ornament. By Lewis F. Day. B. T. Batsford, 94 High
Holburn, London.
REVIEW QUESTIONS
SUGGESTIONS TO STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS
The following questions, based on the contents of this pamphlet, are
intended to serve (1) as a guide to the study of the text, (2) as an aid
to the student in putting the information contained into definite
statements without actually memorizing the text, (3) as a means of
securing from the student a reproduction of the information in his own
words.
A careful following of the questions by the reader will insure full
acquaintance with every part of the text, avoiding the accidental
omission of what might be of value. These primers are so condensed that
nothing should be omitted.
In teaching from these books it is very important that these questions
and such others as may occur to the teacher should be made the basis o
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