Copper alloy type book, comprising newspaper, book, and display types, borders and ornaments : also brass rules, dashes, etc
A 1901 type specimen book issued by Pettingill & Co of Boston, Massachusetts, for printers and typefounders who needed copper alloy type, borders, ornaments and brass rules. Its pictures show printed specimens: a row of ornamental dashes and rules, a repeating leaf-scroll border with a setting note, sample display faces such as bold serif and decorative caps in several sizes, and a large numeral set. A designer could draw on the scroll borders, the tapering rule shapes and the bold condensed numerals for period lettering and frame motifs.
