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| 000 | General works |
| 004.67 | Web design |
| 016 | Bibliography |
| 070 | Newspapers, journalism and the press |
|
090 |
Manuscripts and rare books |
| 655 | Printing, publishing and bookbinding |
| 655.1 | History of printing |
| 655.2 | Typography and composition |
| 655.3 | Printing processes |
| 655.4 | History of publishing and bookselling |
| 655.7 | Bookbinding |
| 700 | Art |
| 741.6 | Commercial art |
| 745.2 | Industrial art and design |
| 745.6 | Calligraphy and decorative lettering |
| 760 | Prints and printmaking |
| 770 | Photography |
Album covers 741.66
American printing & printers 655.173
Bauhaus 707.1143
Book, History of 002.09
Book design 655.53
Book illustration 741.64
Book production 655
Book trade 381.45002
Bookbinding 655.7
Book jackets 741.64
Bookplates 097
Bookselling 381.45002
Brands 658.827
British printing & printers 655.142
British publishers 655.442
Calligraphy 745.6
Charts, diagrams, etc.; Information visualization 001.4226
Colour perception 152.145
Commercial art 741.6
Computer fonts 655.24
Computer typesetting 655.28
Copyright 655.6
Design 745.4
Desk-top publishing 655.2018
Digital typography 655.28
Fine bindings 095
First editions 094.4
French printing & printers 655.144
German printing & printers 655.143
Graphic design: Logos; Commercial art 741.6
Human-computer interaction 004.019
Incunabula 093
Industrial art and design 745.2
Information visualization 001.4226
Illuminated manuscripts 096
Internet design 006.7
Isotype 419.2
Italian printing & printers 655.145
Journalism 070
Layout (Printing) 655.25
Lettering 745.6
Lithography (printing) 655.325
Lithography (printmaking) 763
Logos 741.6
Magazine design 741.65
Manuscripts 091
Newspaper publishing 070
Offset lithography (printing) 655.325
Page design 655.25
Perception (Psychology of) 152
Photogravure 655.327
Photolithography 655.325
Posters 741.67
Printing (general) 655
Printing (history of) 655.1
Printing processes 655.3
Prints and printmaking 760
Private presses 094
Product design 658.5752
Publishing and bookselling, History of 655.4
Rare bindings 095
Rare books 094
Rare illustrations 096
Rare printing 094
Relief printmaking 761
Semiotics; Signs and symbols 001.56
Specimen books 655.24
Type design 655.24
Typefaces 655.24
Typefounding 655.21
Typesetting 655.28
Typography 655.2
User interface design 005.437019
Visual communication 001.553
Visual perception 152.1
Wayfinding; Signs and signboards 659.134
Web design 006.7
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