The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition, a Treatise on Spelling, Abbreviations, the Compounding and Division of Words, the Proper Use of Figures and Numerals, Italic and Capital Letters, Notes, Etc., with Observations on Punctuation and Proof-readingCentury, 1901 - 476 páginas |
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The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition, a Treatise on ..., Volume 2 Theodore Low De Vinne Visualização integral - 1901 |
The Practice of Typography: Correct Composition; a Treatise on ..., Volume 2 Theodore Low De Vinne Visualização integral - 1902 |
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abbreviations apostrophe arabic figures beginning Bible blank cæsura capital letters Century Standard Webster chapter Chevillier clause colon comma Comparative list composition compositor compound consonant copy-holder correct curaçoa dash dictionary digitalin distinction divided edition English errors extract fault foot-notes frequently gaily gaily grammar hyphen inclose indention inserted irregular italic leveled leveled list of variable manuscript marks matter method narrow measure needed nouns omitted orcin orpharion Oxford Divisions paragraph parentheses phrase piccadil picrotoxin points preferred printed printer printing-house pronunciation proof proof-reader proper names punctuation purpurin quercitrin quotation quotation-marks quote-marks quoted reader roman lower-case roman numerals rule sarmentose selected semicolon sentence separate side-notes small capitals sometimes sorbin spellings Century Standard Standard Webster Worcester Stormonth Imperial Oxford style suberin subheadings syllable taboret tachylite teasel thin space tion title-pages typography usually variable spellings variable spellings Century vowel wapenshaw wergild white space writer xanthophyll zincite
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