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A Colonial Advocate

The Launching of his Newspaper and the Queenston Career of William Lyon MacKenzie

William Lyon Mackenzie launched the Colonial Advocate in Queenston, Ontario, in 1824. The fiery journalist later led the 1837 rebellion. This book chro...

1999

Chris Raible

A Dictionary of Toronto Printers, Publishers, Booksellers and the Allied Trades, 1798—1900

A bibliographic record of 19th-century Toronto printers, publishers, and booksellers. Includes a chronology of key events, a bibliography, and illustrated refer...

1982

Elizabeth Hulse

A Typographic Quest, Book 1

In 1964, Carl Dair launched A Typographic Quest, a six-booklet series on typography. These educational booklets, written and designed by Dair, became h...

1964

Carl Dair

A Typographic Quest, Book 2, 'Display Types'

The second in Dair’s A Typographic Quest series, this booklet explores display typefaces, emphasizing their attention-grabbing nature and the historica...

1965

Carl Dair

A Typographic Quest, Book 3, 'Type to be Read'

In the third A Typographic Quest booklet, Carl Dair argues that text legibility depends more on typography layout than font choice. This booklet outlin...

1965

Carl Dair

A Typographic Quest, Book 4, 'The Organization of Space'

In the fourth A Typographic Quest booklet, Dair explores how spacing and type arrangement affect readability. He connects modern typography to historic...

1966

Carl Dair

A Typographic Quest, Book 5, 'Typographic Contrast'

The fifth A Typographic Quest booklet examines contrast in typography. Dair compares typography to music, arguing that type design reflects mood and rh...

1967

Carl Dair

A Typographic Quest, Book 6, ‘etcetera’

The final A Typographic Quest booklet, Etcetera, discusses overlooked design details. Dair humorously calls these "joe jobs," recognizing that...

1968

Carl Dair

Canadian Book of Printing

How printing came to Canada and the story of the graphic arts, told mainly in pictures

A 1940 book marking 500 years of printing, covering early Canadian printing in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Available in various editio...

1940

Design for Printing

A guide to typographic design

The second in Carl Dair’s series for E.B. Eddy Company. In eight chapters, it summarizes fundamental typography design principles with practical examples, aimed...

1947

Carl Dair

Design with Type

Design with Type applies Bauhaus principles to typography, focusing on its use in commercial printing. Based on Carl Dair’s teaching and E.B. Eddy book...

1952

Carl Dair

Design with Type, Second Edition

The second, and best known, edition of Design with Type is still considered an important book for students of typography. Showcasing 150+ examples of i...

1967

Carl Dair

Ocean Paper Stone

The catalogue of an exhibition of printed objects

A catalogue chronicling 100+ years of literary publishing in British Columbia, compiled by Robert Bringhurst and published by William Hoffer. It documents liter...

1984

Robert Bringhurst

Reader, Lover of Books, Lover of Heaven

A 1978 catalogue from North York Public Library documenting Ontario private presses, bookbinding, and papermaking. Lists over 100 works, offering a detailed rec...

1978

David B. Kotin and Marilyn Rueter

Spacing

The fourth E. B. Eddy booklet on type and paper, Carl Dair explores how space shapes letters and meaning. He shows how spacing is as vital as stems and strokes ...

1954

Carl Dair

The Art of the Printer

The Art of the Printer, the final booklet in Carl Dair’s series for E.B. Eddy, highlights the evolving role of printers as designers. Features innovati...

1956

Carl Dair

The Shaw School, lettering instruction manual

The Shaw Correspondence School taught commercial art and lettering by mail in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Notable staff included Group of Seven co-f...

1913

J. E. H. MacDonald

Type & Paper

A handbook of contemporary type on contemporary paper

The first in Carl Dair’s five-booklet series for E.B. Eddy Paper. Covers five key typeface classifications—Old Style, Modern, Sans Serif, Square Serif, and Call...

1946

Carl Dair

Type Book

The first Cooper & Beatty type specimen book

Cooper & Beatty’s first type specimen book, released before moving to 196 Adelaide Street West. Essential for buyers of typesetting, it reflects early 20th-cent...

1927

Cooper & Beatty, Limited

Type Talks

A handbook of typography

After WWII, Canadians sought a better future, needing the right tools. In this 24-page booklet, Carl Dair explains typefaces and typography, covering classifica...

1948

Carl Dair

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