MTU Library Catalogue

Methods of book design : the practice of an industrial craft / Hugh Williamson.

By: Williamson, Hugh.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Oxford University Press, 1966Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xv, 433 p. : front., ill., facsims., tables, diagrs ; 26 cm.Subject(s): Book designDDC classification: 655.25
Contents:
An introduction to book design -- The typescript -- Format -- Margins -- Composition -- Composing machines -- Choice of type for the text -- Text types -- Principles of text design -- Details of text design -- Display and ornament -- Preliminary and end pages -- Letterpress blocks -- Letterpress printing -- Surface and recess processes -- Colour -- Illustration -- Paper -- Bookbinding -- The jacket -- Casting off -- Estimating -- Intention and result -- The purposes of book design.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 655.25 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00030979
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-415) and index.

An introduction to book design -- The typescript -- Format -- Margins -- Composition -- Composing machines -- Choice of type for the text -- Text types -- Principles of text design -- Details of text design -- Display and ornament -- Preliminary and end pages -- Letterpress blocks -- Letterpress printing -- Surface and recess processes -- Colour -- Illustration -- Paper -- Bookbinding -- The jacket -- Casting off -- Estimating -- Intention and result -- The purposes of book design.