The roman and italic printing types in the printing house of Theodore L. De Vinne & co
A specimen book issued in 1891 by the De Vinne Press of New York, showing the roman and italic type faces made and used by Theodore Low De Vinne's printing house for printers and typographers. The pictures are display initial letters set beside sample type, including red and black woodcut-style initials with knights and figures, a black letter on a gold ground with red vine scrolls, and a red letter in a tan frame with black filigree. A designer might borrow the pairing of decorative capital letters with plain text type, and the contrast between ornate initials and clean roman letterforms.
