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American Proprietary Typefaces

The American Printing History Association occasionally prints special publications of interest to members. After publication through the Association, these items are available from Oak Knoll Books.

American Proprietary Typefaces. Edited by David Pankow. New York: American Printing History Association, 1998. 6 x 9-1/4". 176, (4) pages plus 38 plates.

600 regular edition copies, designed by Jerry Kelly and printed letterpress, with 38 plates by offset lithography, at the Stinehour Press. Cloth, gilt and blind stamped. $50 ($5 for shipping)

A fascinating survey of American "private press" typefaces, featuring contributions by:

• Susan Otis Thompson, American Arts & Crafts Typefaces
• Martin Hutner, Type of the Merrymount Press
• Herbert Johnson, Montaigne and Centaur Types of Bruce Rogers
• Cathleen Baker, Typefaces of Dard Hunter, Senior & Junior
• Mark Argetsinger, Frederic Warde, Stanley Morison, and the Arrighi Type
• Jerry Kelly, Joseph Blumenthal's Spiral/Emerson Type [See APHA's 2002 publication on the Spiral Press]
• Dwight Anger, Frederic Goudy's Kaatskill Type
• W. Gay Reading, Victor Hammer's Uncial Types
• John Kristensen, The Experimental Types of W.A. Dwiggins
• Paul Hayden Duensing, Contemporary Private Types.

Sample Pages from American Proprietary Typefaces
These scanned images come from the plates section, showing reduced examples discussed by the authors. The images are: Plate 4 (Humanist Type and Village Type), 11 (Centaur Type), 13 (Dard Hunter's Type, with an example of Dürer's design), and 23 (Spiral Type proofs, with example of "Emerson"). An attempt has been made to depict margins accurately. Each image file is between 110K and 140K. Please note that original plate size is approximately 5-3/4 x 9". (The images are 150 dpi and will display at twice actual size on some browsers.)

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