Find an expansive array of linotype available to buy right now on the internet. Specimen book linotype faces mergenthaler linotype company on. It is known colloquially as big red its highest page number is 1215, but it contains more pages than that. Oneline specimens, linotype faces by mergenthaler linotype company. Linotype memphis in four useful weights, light, medium, bold and extra bold, measures 712x1012, 60 pages. Oneline specimens of linotype faces by mergenthaler linotype company, brooklyn, new york and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Note the linotype typesetting machine icon in orange. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. The story of our friend, the fat face fonts in use.
Mergenthaler company for sale farm equipment for sale. Revises linotype index and adenda to one line specimen book, measures 714x1012, 28 pages. Publication date 1939 topics type and typefounding, linotype publisher brooklyn, n. Dwiggins, who can be said to have established the elegant house style of these books. Foldout of fat face from the 1825 fann street foundry type specimen book at the butler library. The types were first cut by the english typefounder robert thorne, predecessor of william thorowgood, and first shown in his specimen books in the early nineteenth century. Checklist of type specimens san francisco public library. Thorowgood was originally released by the stephenson blake typefoundry in the uk. Written by or compiled and edited by hot metal services. Some rubbing to cloth, a little wear to forecorners of boards. Poplar is an adobe originals typeface designed by barbara lind in 1990 for the adobe wood type series. Century is a family of serif type faces particularly intended for body text.
Toning to leaves, bumping to upper body of text block. The garamond versions of these faces were to be of prime importance in european typographical work until the end of the 16th century. This is a list of the references i use for playing fontspotting and for learning more about typefaces, styles, designers and the history of typographic design. The manual of linotype typography, prepared to aid users and producers of printing in securing greater unity and real beauty in the printed page. Thirty three of these books were completely designed by w. Specimen book linotype faces by mergenthaler linotype company 3 editions. Linotype faces by mergenthaler linotype company english hardcover book free sh.
This has been digitized from the university of california copy and is available online at the internet archive. Atf rapidly expanded it into a very large family, first by linn boyd and later by his son morris. Sift through the opentype typefaces of the libraries of monotype, linotype, itc and adobe by using this simple reference work. Specimen book of linotype faces by mergenthaler linotype company brooklyn, new york robust compilation of typefaces, designs, and fonts. Aug 26, 2004 the manual of linotype typography written by joshua lurieterrell on august 26, 2004 while not nearly as rare or pricey as big red, this book is in my opinion at least one of the bestdesigned and mostcomplete specimen books ever produced. Linotype faces one line specimens book mergenthaler linotype co 1950 brooklyn ny. They have been an essential part of the printing trade since soon after the invention of printing with movable metal type in the 15th century.
Known as the big red because of its size and bold red cover, this was the last large specimen book published by mergenthaler and considered extremely influential and important to the history of tyopgraphy in the 20th century. American type founders in 1928 ultra bodoni, linotype in 1929 poster bodoni. The example above is reproduced from mergenthaler linotype company. The ehrhardt name indicates that this typeface is derived from the roman and italic typefaces of stout dutch character that the ehrhardt foundry in leipzig showed in a lateseventeenthcentury specimen book. Bookprinted material specimens of type faces in the united. Linotype faces is a huge book over 1200 pages was printed around 1930 and shows the type faces that were available from mergenthaler linotype co. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 4.
The almost universal use of the monotype and linotype, which derive their type faces from the specimen books of the the manufacturers of these machines, tends to a considerable uniformity in the type repertories. Of course, neither intertype nor linotype mats will run in linographs, but linographs are pretty scarce. Publication date 1939 topics type and typefounding, linotype publisher. Poplar, a gothic condensed, was designed from photographs taken by rob roy kelly of the one surviving copy of an 1830 william leavenworth type specimen book. Complete showings often include samples of the type faces in use. The various faces or combinations of faces in which matrices can be supplied are also shown. Linotype books briar press a letterpress community. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. Fantastic 1930s vintage copy of specimen book of linotype faces by the mergenthaler linotype company, brooklyn, new york. The specimen book offers the user an easytoreference overview of linotypes entire portfolio. Mergenthaler linotype company, 1948, 209pp iviii,12171418. The specimen looked a lot like an egyptian face with its serifs removed, which is probably how caslon designed it.
The designer is unknown, although some historians believe it was the hungarian nicholas kis. In advertising use it is particularly associated with the graphic design of the 1960s and 1970s, when revivals of it were very. The hot metal typesetting companies monotype and linotype offered caslon old face releases that were based or claimed to be based on caslons original typefaces. Monotype recut the typeface for modern publishers in 1937 to 1938. Image 5 of specimens of type faces in the united states government printing office. Specimen book of linotype faces big red circuitous root. Linotype faces typeface specimen big red book copy. Linotypes latest typeface catalogue, a to z, represents a new approach to specimen books for linotype, taking a decidedly different form from its predecessors over the past two decades. Bookprinted material specimens of type faces in the. The university of georgia press collection at the university of delaware library contains trade materials published between 1934 and 1999 that were used by the production office at the press. Vintage specimen book linotype faces supplement no.
To quote from the intertype faces specimen book, intertype wide tooth matrices wear long, drop straight, cost no more and run on other line composing machines. Vintage antique linotype printing block lead scrap. Linotype the film in search of the eighth wonder o. The manual of linotype typography written by joshua lurieterrell on august 26, 2004 while not nearly as rare or pricey as big red, this book is in my opinion at least one of the bestdesigned and mostcomplete specimen books ever produced. Linotype faces typeface specimen big red book approx.
Mergenthaler linotype specimen books circuitous root. Borders, ornaments, rules, special characters monotype, linotype, thompson type, type founding, standard typesetting. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Linotype hell 4570 quasar typesetting machine w delta tower, hardware dongle. Back in the previous century, every type shop published books displaying their faces. The books classically designed pages are bound together inside a beautiful hardcover, with light.
These type faces and special characters shown in this book are arranged in family groups or series, ranging from the smallest to the largest size in each face. Linotype, printing, specimens, type and typefounding, type ornaments. Bird library for its great access to resources reguarding resources thanks to typewolf com fonts adobe com idsgn org linotype com and fontsinuse com for the abundance of information additionally thanks to jessica scandiffio madison feldhaus and oxana barsukova for type specimen book inspiration and additional. Go to the editions section to read or download ebooks. A wide, legible design that is slightly bolder than most body text faces, bookman has been used for both display typography and for printing at small sizes such as in trade printing, and less commonly for body text. Linotronic 330 imagesetter with linotype postscript engine. Oneline specimens, linotype faces internet archive. Specimen book linotype faces by mergenthaler linotype company. Mrbr skaggs exhibition, typography smith college libraries. Dec 11, 2015 issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Linotype specimen book of linotype faces 1939 the last great specimen book issued by linotype. Vintage hamilton metal wood drawers linotype printers letterpress cabinet. Linotype s has been digitised and released by bitstream.
Includes specimens of new linotype faces and typographical material produced after the publication of the comprehensive specimen book in 1939. The ornaments printed in black on this page are shown at the right in the linotype type specimen book. I just read your design talk, whats a good typeface for books. Specimen books of type in the modern printers office seldom show features of marked individuality. Bowfin printworks typographic references casualcards. Museum of forgotten art supplies type specimen book. Vintage linotype faces hardcover specimen book of linotype. Typography maturation of the printed book britannica. Founded in 1938, the university of georgia press is the oldest and largest publishing house in the state and one of the largest publishing houses in the. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. For a 15% discount, enter fallsale20 when you check out. This sheet presents a facsimile of william caslons type specimen sheet 1738 which has been reproduced for the mergenthaler linotype company on the occasion of the first showing of caslon old face and presented in this form for permanent preservation 1923.