THE HANDY BOOK OF ARTISTIC PRINTINGA Collection of Letterpress Examples, with Specimens of Type, Ornament, Corners, Borders, Twisters, Wrinklers, Printer's Devils, and Other Freaks of Fancy

Doug Clouse and Angela Voulangas

Print design, like virtually all other decorative arts, exploded in a profusion of ornament during the late-nineteenth century. "Artistic printing," as this style of Victorian graphic design was called, was dense with embellished typefaces, color images, and ornaments, all framed by intricate borders. Used widely for bills, menus, advertisements, flyers and on other ephemeral products, this commercial style, for a while, represented the "best" of popular taste.

2009 / 224 pp / 185 color images / 978-1-56898-7057 / pb / $40.00