GRAPHIC DESIGN AND TYPOGRAPHY.

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Collection of eleven manuals for producing propaganda publications and banners. A visually attractive grouping, spanning a quarter of a century, during which China was gripped by successive political campaigns. These booklets were aimed at grassroots organizations in urban and rural areas, offering guidance for formatting lettering and sample graphics. Aesthetic correctness was paramount: those issued during the Cultural Revolution carefully regulate the presentation of Mao's quotations.One publication, the specimen catalogue for the Beijing Xinhua Matrix Factory, is a window onto the operation of the state-run printing industry. Issued in July 1967, when the country was swept by a mania for printing political broadsides, screeds, and newsheets, it details the dozens of typefaces available to central and local presses.a) Meishu zi xue xi ("Studying Fine Lettering"). Shanghai: 1956.b) Meishu zi xiefa ("A Method for Fine Lettering"). Shanghai: 1963.c) Nongcun yingyong meishu zi ("Fine Lettering for the Countryside"). Shanghai: 1964.d) Beijing xinhua zimo chang hanwen waiwen ziti yangzhang ("Beijing Xinhua Matrix Factory Specimen Sheets: Chinese and Foreign Languages"). Beijing: 1967.e) Geming da pipan baotou xuanji ("Selections from Revolutionary Periodicals"). Hangzhou: 1970.f) Geming wenyi ("Revolutionary Art"). Harbin: 1970.g) Meishu ("Fine Art"). Hohhot: 1971.h) Meishu cankao ziliao baotou xuanji ("Art Reference Materials: Selected Banners"). Beijing: 1971.i) Meishu zi cank

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