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Type;a primer of information about the mechanical features of printing types: their sizes, font schemes, &c., with a brief description of their manufacture,

Stewart, A. A. (Alexander A.) · 1914 · [Boston] Pub. by the Committee on apprentices, United typothetae and Franklin clubs of America · 4 pictures

A 1914 primer on printing type, compiled by A. A. Stewart for apprentice printers and issued in Boston by the United Typothetae and Franklin Clubs of America to explain type sizes, font schemes and manufacture. The pictures show monotype keyboards, casting machinery and a labelled diagram of a piece of type, giving a designer clear mechanical reference views of how metal type was made and measured.

Type and type-founding -- United States -- Specimens

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