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monographs devoted to  \nthe educational advancement of book design,manufacturing and publishing,  \na project sponsored and published by  \nGeorge McKibbin &Son of Brooklyn,N.Y.  \nComplete Book Manufacturers since 1890  \nRih  \n# Legibility\n\nA typographic Book of Etiquetteby Ernst Reichl  \nPUBLISHED,PRINTED AND BOUND  \nBY GEORGE McKIBBIN &SON,BROOKLYN,N.Y.  \nCopyright 1949 by George McKibbin &Son  \nPrinted in the U.S.A.  \nG55义  \neich  \nContents  \nIntroduction,7  \nThis type is too small,10  \nThis type is not sufficiently leaded,12  \nThis type is leaded too much,14  \nThe measure is too long for the size of the type,16  \nThe measure is too narrow for the size of the type,18  \nThis type page is too short,20  \nThese margins are too skimpy,22  \nThese margins are too wide,24  \nThese margins are out of proportion,26  \nThe type appears too thin on the wrong paper,28  \nThis running head is too loud,30  \nThe type appears blurred on bulking paper,32  \nPostscript,35  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