progressive exercises in typography; a text for the school print shop and the apprentice printer

Through a series of carefully crafted exercises, this book provides a step-by-step approach to honing typographic skills and mastering the art of visual communication through type.

This comprehensive and hands-on guide offers practical guidance and creative inspiration from understanding the fundamentals of type anatomy and hierarchy to exploring advanced concepts of layout and composition. First published in 1915, this book features a series of exercises to help beginners and experienced designers alike create visually compelling and impactful typographic work.

The chapters featured in this volume include:

• Rules for Composition
• How to Remove the Type from the Stick
• Holding Type in Distribution
• Questions and Problems in Printing
• Computations in Printing
• Exercises