William Caslon

Quousque

roman · 1734

A Specimen of Printing Types

1734 · William Caslon, London

Joh. Enschedé

Aa

roman · 1773

Proef van Letteren

1773 · Joh. Enschedé, Haarlem

Giambattista Bodoni

Manuale

modern · 1818

Manuale Tipografico

1818 · Giambattista Bodoni, Parma

Church's 1822 British Patent No. 4664 for a Typecaster, Typesetter, and Press

1822 · Dr. William Church

V. & J. Figgins

Rr

fat face · 1834

Specimen of Printing Types

1834 · V. & J. Figgins, London

Specimen des caracteres letters de fantaisie, vignettes, fleurons et ornaments typographiques

1846 · Societe Typographique Belge (Ad. Wahlen et. Cie)

Wm. H. Page

Ww

wood type · 1872

Specimens of Wood Type

1872 · Wm. H. Page, Greene, Conn.

Warnery Freres specimen book

1875 · Warnery Frères

Schelter & Giesecke

Fraktur

blackletter · 1886

Fette Fraktur

1886 · Schelter & Giesecke, Leipzig

Price List of Printing Materials

1888 · Joseph Watson

Popular Designs for Artistic Printers

1892 · Central Type Foundry and Boston Type Foundry

Catalogue and Price List of Type and Material (ATF 1893 Specimen)

1893 · American Type Founders

The Thorne Type-Setting Machine

1894 · The Thorne Type-Setting Machine Company

Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Printing Machinery and Supplies [etc.]

1897 · American Type Founders

Desk Book: Specimens of Type, Borders & Ornaments, Brass Rule & Electrotypes, and Catalogue of Printing Machinery and Materials, Wood Goods, Etc.

1898 · American Type Founders

H. Berthold AG

Gg

grotesque · 1898

Akzidenz-Grotesk

1898 · H. Berthold AG, Berlin

Desk Book of Type Specimens, Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rule and Cuts

1900 · American Type Founders

Figgins. Type Founding and Printing During the 19th Century

1900 · James Figgins

Inland Type Foundry

An6

slab · 1902

Antique No. 6

1902 · Inland Type Foundry, St. Louis

GB Patent 11,914 of 1906, Type and Other Metal Casting Moulds

1906 · Philip G. Nuernberger and George Rettig, Jr.

GB Patent 11,915 of 1906, Type Casting Machine

1906 · Philip G. Nuernberger and George Rettig, Jr.

US Patent 830,358, Type-Casting Mold

1906 · Philip G. Nuernberger and George Rettig, Jr.

Book of Type Specimens

1907 · Barnhart Brothers and Spindler

US Patent 853,647, Type-Casting Mold

1907 · Philip G. Nuernberger and George Rettig, Jr.

British Patent No. 6523 of 1908, Improvements in Type and Other Metal Cating Machines

1908 · Edward Charles Robert Marks for the Thompson Type Machine Company

US Patent 884,754, Type-Casting Mold

1908 · Philip G. Nuernberger and George Rettig, Jr

Austrian Patent 50,876, Thompson Type Machine Company, Letterngiessmaschine

1908 · Thompson Type Machine Company

Supplement to the American Line Type Book

1909 · American Type Founders

US Patent 908.519, Type-Casting Machine

1909 · John S. Thompson

US Patent 913,546, Type-Casting Machine

1909 · Philip G. Nuernberger and George Rettig, Jr.

Supplement No. 2 to the American Line Type Book

1911 · American Type Founders

Supplement No. 2 to the American Line Type Book

1911 · American Type Founders

[Nuernberger-Rettig Typecaster Advertisement]

1911 · Universal Automatic Typecasting Machine Company

US Patent 1,026,185, Type-Casting Machine

1912 · John S. Thompson

US Patent 1,029,243. Metal-Pot for Type-Casting Machines and the Like

1912 · John S. Thompson

US Patent 1,016,433, Matrix-Holder

1912 · Philip G. Nuernberger and George Rettig, Jr.

Linotype Parts and Supplies 1913 Cover

1913 · Mergenthaler Linotype

US Patent 1,119,733, Type-Casting Machine

1914 · John S. Thompson

Nuernberger-Rettig Extracts from Typographical Printing Surfaces

1916 · Lucien Alphonse Legros and John Cameron Grant

Typographical Printing-Surfaces: The Technology and Mechanism of their Production

1916 · Lucien Alphonse Legros and John Cameron Grant

The Book of the Matrix Announcing Specimen Book of Type Styles

1916 · Mergenthaler Linotype

Monotype Lead Rule Attachment Adjustments

1917 · The Lanston Monotype Machine Company

US Patent 1,291,259, Metal-Casting Machine [Ejector for a Fusion Stripcaster]

1919 · John S. Thompson

US Patent 1,294,572, Machine for Casting [Fusion Stripcasting]

1919 · John S. Thompson and Joseph Bast

US Patent 1,345,286, Type-Casting Machine [Fusion Stripcasting Attachment]

1920 · John S. Thompson

Directions for Care and Cleaning Continuous Strip Lead and Rule Molds

1921 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Das Giessinstrument

1922 · Friedrich Bauer

1923 American Type Founders Specimen Book & Catalogue

1923 ·

American Type Founders

At

unclassified · 1923

Specimen Book & Catalogue

1923 · American Type Founders, Jersey City

Typewriter Topics October 1923 Historical Number

1923 · digital reprint by www.CircuitousRoot.com

GB Patent 217,638 Improvements in Machine Vices

1924 · Edward Cheshire

US Patent 1,506,407. Composing-Room-Saw Mitering Arrangement

1924 · Edward Cheshire

Monotype: A Journal of Composing Room Efficiency, Whole No. 70 (May 1924)

1924 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Stephenson Blake

Cc

roman · 1924

Printing Types & Material

1924 · Stephenson Blake, Sheffield

Stop Motion [Thompson Typecaster Blueprint, 1925]

1925 · Thompson Type Machine Company

Instructions for Operating the Thompson Typecaster

1925 · Thompson Type Machine Company

Adjustments of the Type-&-Rule Caster

1926 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

The Ludlow System of Slugline Composition

1927 · Douglas McMurtrie

US Patent 1, 618, 170. Composing-Room Saw [workholding clamp]

1927 · Edward Cheshire

Gebr. Klingspor

Ka

grotesque · 1927

Kabel

1927 · Gebr. Klingspor, Offenbach

Bauersche Gießerei

Fu

grotesque · 1928

Futura

1928 · Bauersche Gießerei, Frankfurt

Detail Plates [of] The Monotype Casting Machine

1928 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Modern Type Display

1929 · J. L. Frazier

Parts Price List[:] Monotype [Composition] Casting Machine and Type-&-Rule Caster

1930 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

US Patent 1,807,896. Vise [for combined composing-room machine]

1931 · Edward Cheshire

US Patent 1,812,685. Composing Room Machine

1931 · Edward Cheshire

Ludlow Typefaces: A Supplement, November 1933

1933 · Ludlow Typograph Company

Book of American Types: ATF Standard Faces

1934 · American Type Founders

Ars Typographica Volume 1 Number 4

1934 · Frederic W. Goudy

Instruction Book and Parts Catalog for Standard Type Pantograph Machines

1935 · George Gordon Machine Company

The Legibility of Type

1935 · Mergenthaler Linotype

US Patent 2,048,021, Apparatus for Casting Quads or Spacers [on a Thompson]

1936 · Lester A. Neumann

Ludlow Typefaces Recently Produced, April 1936

1936 · Ludlow Typograph Company

Human Touch

1937 · Bauersche Gießerei

US Patent 2,088,306, Base for Printing Plates

1937 · Lester A. Neumann

Useful Matrix Information

1937 · Mergenthaler Linotype

One Line Specimens and Revised Price List No. 8-A

1938 · Baltimore Type Company

Making Printers' Typefaces

1938 · R. Hunter Middleton

Price List [of]Monotype Equipments Including Monotype-Thompson [Thompson extract only]

1940 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

WAD to RR: A Letter about Designing Type

1940 · William Addison Dwiggins

ATF 1941 New type faces

1941 · American Type Founders

A Supplement to the Book of American Types

1941 · American Type Founders

Behind The Type: The Life Story of Frederic W. Goudy

1941 · Bernard Lewis

Parts Price List [for] The Monotype Giant Caster

1941 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Parts Price List: Monotype Type-&-Rule Caster

1941 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Parts Price List: The Monotype Keyboard

1942 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Monotype-Thompson Type-Caster Parts Price List (1941/1942)

1942 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Ornaments Typecast by ATF

1944 · American Type Founders

The Monotype Display Type Attachment

1945 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

One Line Specimens and Revised Price List No. 10-A

1946 · Baltimore Type

A Half-Century of Type Design and Typography: 1895-1945, Volume 1

1946 · Frederic W. Goudy

A Half-Century of Type Design and Typography: 1895-1945, Volume 2 (1946)

1946 · Frederic W. Goudy

Time-Saving Equipment for Printers [Catalog] and Price List

1946 · H. B. Rouse and Company

Rouse Vertical Rotary Miterer, Operation etc.

1946 · H. B. Rouse and Company

Vari-Typer Type Faces

1946 · Ralph C. Coxhead Corporation

Kelsey Printers' Supply Book

1946 · The Kelsey Company

Acme Type Specimen and Revised Price List (Catalog No. 6)

1947 · Acme Type Foundry

American Type Designers and Their Work

1947 · Carl Purington Rollins

American Type Designers and Their Work

1948 · Carl Purington Rollins

Important Information for Operators of Monotype Molds

1949 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

ATF Foundry Type Descriptive Price List

1950 · American Type Founders

ATF Handypacks

1950 · American Type Founders

Intertype Presents: New Horizons for the Modern Printer

1950 · Intertype Corporation

Facts You Should Know About Photographic Typesetting

1950 · Intertype Corporation

Monotype-Thompson Adjustments

1950 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Parts Catlog - Star Automatic Quadding Attachment, Models C and D

1950 · Mergenthaler Linotype

Kelsey Handy Pocket Price List, No. 50B

1950 · The Kelsey Company

[Kelsey Press Sales Literature Packet, 1950-07-24]

1950 · The Kelsey Company

Type by Detroit Type Foundry

1951 · Detroit Type Foundry

Corona [typeface]

1951 · Mergenthaler Linotype

Corona [typeface]

1951 · Mergenthaler Linotype

Parts List: Monotype Material Making Machine

1952 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Parts List [for the] Monotype Typesetting Machine [The Composition Type-Caster]

1952 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Parts List: The Monotype Keyboard

1952 · Lanston Montype Machine Company

Descriptive Index: ATF Foundry Type

1953 · American Type Founders

Spartan Family

1953 · American Type Founders

Adjustments of the Type-&-Rule Caster

1953 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Manual [for the] "Star" Automatic Quadding Attachment, Models C-D-E

1953 · Star Parts, Inc.

Let's Make a B for Bennett

1953 · Warren Chappell

Fotosetter Type Faces

1954 · Intertype Corporation

Handy Type Index and Price List

1955 · American Type Founders

Type Faces: Descriptive Index and Price List of ATF Foundry Products

1955 · American Type Founders

ATF Typographic Accessories, Specimen Catalog and Price List

1955 · American Type Founders

Handy Index of 'Monotype' Rental Matrices

1955 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Monotype-Thompson Adjustments

1956 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Monotype-Thompson Adjustments (c.2)

1956 · Lanston Monotype Machine Company

ATF Typographic Accessories, Specimen Catalog and Price List

1957 · American Type Founders

The Monotype: How it Works [etc]

1957 · digital reprint by www.CircuitousRoot.com

Kelsey Handy Pocket Price List, No. 58A

1958 · The Kelsey Company

Type and Rule by Baltotype, Catalogue.

1959 · Baltotype

Handy Type Index and Price List

1960 · American Type Founders

The Brightype Method

1960 · Ludlow Typograph Company

ATF Typographic Accessories, Specimen Catalog and Price List

1961 · American Type Founders

How to Operate the No. 28 Keyboard Sending and Page Receiving [KSR] Teletypewriter on Teletypewriter Exchange Service

1962 · American Telephone and Telegraph Company

The Brightype Method

1962 · Ludlow Typograph Company

Ludlow Salesmen's Book (No. 47), Sections F-6 to F-10

1962 · Ludlow Typograph Company

Type Specimens by Neon Type Division [of] Typefounders of Chicago [part 1 of 2]

1962 · Typefounders of Chicago

Type Specimens by Neon Type Division [of] Typefounders of Chicago [part 2 of 2]

1962 · Typefounders of Chicago

Nelco Metal Letters

1964 · Nelco Metalcraft Inc.

Baltotype Handy Boxes

1965 · Baltimore Type

An Essay on the Forgotten Art of the Punchcutter

1965 · R. Hunter Middleton

Handy Type Index

1966 · American Type Founders

Foundry Univers

1968 · American Type Founders

Handy Type Index

1969 · American Type Founders

Handy Type Index

1976 · American Type Founders

Specimen Book

1976 · Cade Type Foundry

Proposed Draft for a Syllabus of Typographic Taxonomy

1980 · Paul Hayden Duensing

Nuernberger-Rettig or Universal Type-Caster at Skyline Type Foundry, 2009-2010

2010 · Dr. David M. MacMillan

Nuernberger-Rettig or Universal Type-Maker at Sterling Type Foundry

2010 · Schuyler (Sky) Shipley

Nuernberger-Rettig or Universal Type-Maker at Gregory J. Walters'

2010 · Schuyler (Sky) Shipley

Catalogue Graphoplex

2019 · Daniel TOUSSAINT

Handy Index of Foundry Type Faces: Line Service or Reproduction Proofs

Acme Type Foundry

New Faces from ACME, Supplement No. 1

Acme Type Foundry

Instructions for Operating Model G1 Graphotype

Addressograph Company

Script and Semiscript Faces

American Type Founders

Plain Display Gothics

American Type Founders

A Catalogue of Type

Baltimore Type and Composition Corporation

Barco Type Founders [Specimen Book]

Barco Type Founders

Benton's Self Spacing Type [Typographic Specimens]

Benton, Waldo and Company

California Type Foundry Price List [and] Specimens

California Type Foundry

Bob Wire

E. C. Prickette

More Type In Less Time through Automatic Typecasting

Fairchild Graphic Equipment

The Book of Intertype Faces, pp. 249-264: Kenntonian

Intertype Corporation

Monotype Borders and Ornaments

Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Monotype Strip Rule Designs and Cornerpieces to Match

Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Monotype Type And Rule [Caster] Ruled Form System Brochure

Lanston Monotype Machine Company

The Monotype Giant Caster

Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Monotype Type And Rule Caster Brochure (8 pg)

Lanston Monotype Machine Company

Line-O-Scribe Type Faces and Supplies

Line-O-Scribe, Inc.

Type [specimen book]

Los Angeles Type Founders, Inc.

Elrod[:] For Producing High-Quality Strip and Base Material

Ludlow Typograph Company

Ludlow Christmas Ornaments

Ludlow Typograph Company

Ludlow Typefaces [Edition D, copy 1140]

Ludlow Typograph Company

Supplement to the [Ludlow Typograph] Typeface Book

Ludlow Typograph Company

Model K Electric Elrod

Ludlow Typograph Company

Some Reasons Printers Prefer Ludlow

Ludlow Typograph Company

Some Reasons Printers Prefer Ludlow

Ludlow Typograph Company

Operation and Maintenance of the "Star" Automatic Quadding Attachment, Model "E" - Hydraulic

Mergenthaler Linotype

Linotype Instruction Book, Micro-Therm Electric Pot (Comet Type)

Mergenthaler Linotype

MorganLineOScribeCatalogM656

Morgan Sign Machine Company

Autosetter ... the modern method of setting type from tape

Star Parts Company

Catalog for Star Quadder Models F, G and H

Star Parts Company

Maintenance Manual, Star Selectro-Matic Quadder (Model F)

Star Parts Company

There's a Star Quadder To Meet Every "White Space" need

Star Parts Company

Selectro-Matic Quadder Operators Manual

Star Parts Company

Quadder Operator's Manual

Star Parts Company

Parts Catlog for Star Quadder Model E

Star Parts, Inc.

Instructions for Operating the Chandler & Price No. 2 Cylinder Press

The Chandler and Price Company

Do Your Own Printing [Edition "48 3/4 X", Incomplete]

The Kelsey Company

Do Your Own Printing

The Kelsey Company

The Elrod Lead, Slug, Rule and Base Caster

The Ludlow Typograph Company

[Sigwalt] Instruction Book and Catalog (No. 21)

The Sigwalt Manufacturing Company

The Thompson: The Quality Type Caster

Thompson Type Machine Company

Matrices Now Available to Users of the Thompson Type, Lead and Rule Caster

Thompson Type Machine Company

Transcription of Instructions for Operating the Thompson Type Caster, with Plates, circa 1925

Thompson Type Machine Company

Catalog [type specimen book, brown cover]

Typefounders of Chicago, subsidiary of Castcraft

The Universal Type Caster: Its Design, Construction, and Operation [etc.] [The Nuernberger-Rettig]

Universal Type-Making Machine Company

Directions for Operating the Universal Type-Maker (Nuernberger-Rettig)

Universal Type-Making Machine Company

Type Founders' Equipment

Williams Engineering Company, Ltd.

Unitype One-Man Type Setting Machine

Wood & Nathan Co.