Specimens of point line type : borders ornaments brass rules &c. &c
A 1908 typefounders' specimen book issued by Stephenson, Blake and Company of Toronto, with Sir Charles Reed & Sons, presenting printing types, borders, ornaments and brass rules for compositors and printers. The pictures show mortised initial letter blanks with Art Nouveau corner frames, decorative border strips in black and red, and stacked horizontal line patterns of varying weight. A designer might take from them the interlocking geometry of ornamental frames and the rhythm of graded rules as building blocks for layouts.
