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Harry Lawrence Gage

1887–1982

Best known for a practical classic on typography and page design, this American designer and painter brought a working artist’s eye to the printed page. His writing is especially appealing to readers curious about how beauty, balance, and usefulness come together in design.

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Applied design for printers : A handbook of the principles of arrangement, with brief comment on the periods of design which have most strongly influenced printing

Applied design for printers : A handbook of the principles of arrangement, with brief comment on the periods of design which have most strongly influenced printing

by Harry Lawrence Gage

About the author

Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1887, Harry Lawrence Gage built a varied creative life as a graphic designer, painter, muralist, and teacher. Art reference sources describe him as especially known for graphic design work and for watercolor marine and landscape subjects, and his career was connected with both Michigan and Massachusetts.

For readers, he is best remembered for Applied Design for Printers (1920), a handbook on arrangement and design for the printing trade. The book was issued in the Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices and was later preserved by Project Gutenberg, which has helped keep his work available to new generations interested in printing, typography, and design history.

Gage died in 1982. Reliable image sources located during this search did not provide a clearly usable portrait, so no profile image is included here.