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This book (unnumbered and out-of-series) was "designed and letterpress printed by students at Archtype Press, Art Center College of Design. The text pages were hand-set using foundry metal type and wood type and printed on Legion Domestic Etching paper. The illustrations were printed on handmade Japanese Mulberry paper using linoleum blocks and photopolymer plates. The books were hand bound by Alice Vaughan. This book was presented to the Sackners on the occasion of a visit of 25 members of the Pasadena Art Alliance to the Archive in May 2008. The book describes a history of Pasedena in visual/verbal terms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

According to Studley, this project is based upon the notion of the imaginary sizes, shapes, and forms of typography using lyrics of music as a basis for literature. Upon a selective listening of a chosen composition, each designer conceived of a typographic setting or framework into which the lyrics (or their fragmentary sound) would be displayed. The object was to portray typography as an extension of the spoken and sung word. Songs by the following are depicted in typographic presentations: 1) Eurhythmics: Sweet Dreams, 2) America, 3) Eddie Brickell: I quit, I give up, 4) Like a candle in the wind and 5) Pink Floyd: We're just 2 lost souls. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Studley writes in his introduction, "For the theme of this book, each designer selected a recording of purely nonverbal music and attempted to fuse the musician's or author's commentary into a weaving of purely typographic and colored notation. The music includes Holst's The Planets and Handel's Messiah. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is a reprint of the book first published in 1945. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The colored text outlines a brandy glass. As the liquor level decreases, the empty part appears in green. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The four cards arranged properly create the letter E. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The four cards arranged properly create the letter F. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The four cards arranged properly create the letter G. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The four cards arranged properly create the letter H. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This handbook illustrates and explains how various combinations of type and color affect the clarity, mood, and readability of a design. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.