The practice of typography

By Theodore Low De Vinne

Subjects: numbers, Title pages, figures, Type and type-founding, Typesetting machines, proofreading, word division, puncutation, spelling, italics, hyphenation, compounding words, Style manuals, typography, Authorship, typesetting, capitalization, Graphic design (Typography), History, Specimens, Printing, Typesetting

Description: This is a book about the practice of typography or typesetting books. Some topics addressed are correct composition, spelling, abbreviations, compounding words (hyphenating words), word division, figures, numbers, numerals, use of italics, capital letters (capitalization), punctuation, and proofreading.