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Alphabet and Image 6, January 1948

Photo(s) by Kirsten Solveig Schneider. Imported from Flickr on May 4, 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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