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📘 First principles of typography by Stanley Morison

First publish date: 1930

Genre: Arts & Culture/Graphic Design

Authors: Stanley Morison

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Volume 2 of a key work in its field — OpenLibrary hasn't bothered to digitize Volume 1.

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