Archived entries for Specimen Sunday
Specimen Sunday
American Printing Equipment Complete 1966–1967 Type Catalog, inside front cover
inside front cover detail
The rhetorical tone of this statement coupled with this cropping reminds me of a delicious typographic fortune cookie.
Specimen Sunday
Woodtype: Selective Emphasis for Fine Typography by Hamilton, 1960, page 5. Download (right click on link) a high resolution image here.
sequential pg. 39 (Specimen Sunday
Though the caption says “Hand-finishing wood type,” the worker is actually finishing semicircular slabs out of which wood type would be cut. Notice the stack of slabs in the background.
Woodtype: Selective Emphasis for Fine Typography by Hamilton, 1960, page 4. Download (right click on link) a high resolution image here.
Specimen Sunday
By 1960 wood type was a hard sell, as evidenced by the emphasis here – two mentions in two paragraphs – on the economical benefits of its use. Woodtype: Selective Emphasis for Fine Typography by Hamilton, 1960, page 3. Download (right click on link) a high resolution image here.
The caption for the lower right image reads, “Note size of type compared to finisher’s hands.” You should also note that the 5s pictured are Cooper Black and appear to be around 72 line (12 inch), maybe larger. Because who doesn’t need a font or two of 72 line Cooper Black?
Specimen Sunday
Page 3 from the American Wood Type Mfg. Co. Catalog No. 36. Wondering what that sweet script/cursive face is that’s being used for the running headers and face identification? Oddly enough, it’s called Gillies Gothic. Working on building your letterpress library? Here’s a free high res download.
Specimen Sunday
Page 2 from the American Wood Type Mfg. Co. Catalog No. 36. The tipped in list with prices effective August 1, 1950 seems to indicate that AWT used this catalog for at least 14–15 years. For the collectors out there, here’s a link to a high res download.
Specimen Sunday
Woodtype: Selective Emphasis for Fine Typography by Hamilton, 1960, page 2. Download (right click on link) a high resolution image here.
Specimen Sunday
You want to see more of the 1936 American Wood Type Mfg. Co. specimen/catalog? Ok, but only because you asked nicely. High resolution image available here.
Specimen Sunday
This oversized (10.25 x 13.75 inch) American Wood Type Mfg. Co. specimen/catalog from 1936 is a beauty. High resolution image available here, because Letterpress Daily loves you.
Specimen Sunday
Woodtype: Selective Emphasis for Fine Typography by Hamilton, 1960, page 1. Download (right click on link) a high resolution image here.
“It may be of considerable interest to interject here that, even at the present time, wood type is used extensively in the graphic arts.” Amen.
Specimen Sunday
Woodtype: Selective Emphasis for Fine Typography by Hamilton, 1960
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Specimen Sunday
Woodtype: Selective Emphasis for Fine Typography by Hamilton, 1960
Cover of a perfectly preserved Hamilton Manufacturing Company catalog/specimen from 1960. Download a high resolution image here.
Specimen Sunday
American Wood Type Mfg. Co. 1937 price list, recto
This price list was included with the recently acquired Catalog No. 36.
Price list detail
Metal type cabinets with 23 California Job cases and an angled work top for $83.50 – I’d be ecstatic to see a return to those prices!
Specimen Sunday
This is the back (verso) side of a single sheet insert found inside a recently acquired American Wood Type Mfg. Co. Catalog No. 36.
