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Metal Type Identification
Posted by jyoung in
26 Apr 2005 — 9:55am
26 Apr 2005 — 9:55am
Ya'll,
Anybody aware of a good reference for identifying metal type? I suppose it would be best to find out what foundry the type is coming from, no?
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26 Apr 2005 — 11:41am
Encyclopedia of Type Faces, W.P. Jaspert et al.
American Metal Type Faces of the 20th Century, M. McGrew
27 Apr 2005 — 1:38pm
Thanks. I'm assuming these titles could possibly be found at a library? Or are we talking rare...
27 Apr 2005 — 1:52pm
I think we are talking 'rare' if it is like :
Pelletteri, Giuseppe. 1963, Atlante Tipologico ; SEI, Torino.
http://www.nopress.it/aldrovandi/articolo.php?art=57
the same specimen book quoted at :
http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/nonsolusstory.html -
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Best,
AS
27 Apr 2005 — 2:16pm
They are in print: American Metal Typefaces and Encyclopedia of Typefaces
27 Apr 2005 — 6:47pm
Great, that'll probably work. Thanks a bunch.