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Alphabet and Image 6, January 1948

Photo(s) by Kirsten Solveig Schneider. Imported from Flickr on May 3, 2020. Artwork published in
January 1948
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    Alphabet and Image 6, January 1948
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    Alphabet and Image: 6 edited by Robert Harling, published by James Shand / Art and Technics Ltd, 58 Frith Street, Soho, London W1.

    Content:
    — Vivian Ridler: artistic printing: a search for principles
    — John Gere: pre-Raphaelite drawings
    — S. L. Righyni: provincial newspapers in transition
    — A. Hippisley-Coxe: Hugh Casson: architectural draughtsman
    — Nicolas Bentley: lithographs for Lyons: a review
    — Robert Harling: the type designs of Eric Gill
    — Book reviews

    The stencil caps in alternating glyph colors are from Tea Chest, a typeface by the editor and designer, Robert Harling. It was issued by Stephenson Blake in 1939.

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    • Tea Chest
    • Plantin

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    1 Comment on “Alphabet and Image 6, January 1948”

    1. See more images on the Abebooks page of William Glynn who has a copy to sell. Here’s the title page:

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