Explore a historic catalog of borders, ornaments, and printing materials from 1906.
This edition highlights the American Line Type Book and the wide range of typefaces, decorative elements, and practical buying guides it includes. The pages showcase popular type families, decorative materials, and the tools that printers used in early American offices.
Designed as a Purchaser’s Guide for printers, it offers authentic pricing, packaging details, and ordering tips. You’ll see how type was organized by line, face, and weight, with notes on caps, lower-case fonts, and the American Lining System. The book also points readers to other reference volumes for additional options.
- Overview of serif families and decorative borders used in early 20th-century printing
- Insights into body type packaging, font weights, and pricing by the pound
- Details on lining systems, margins, and how different faces align on common lines
- Practical notes for printers buying and assembling a complete printing office
Ideal for typography enthusiasts, design historians, and professionals preserving or studying historic printing practices.