WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
Type and Presses in America / A Brief Historical Sketch of the Development of Type Casting and Press Building in the United States cover

Type and Presses in America / A Brief Historical Sketch of the Development of Type Casting and Press Building in the United States

Chapter 10: TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES
By Frederick W. Hamilton
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

Engineering & TechnologyHistory - American

About This Book

The work traces the origins and growth of type founding and press manufacture in the United States, beginning with imported types and early local efforts by figures such as Christopher Sauer and Abel Buel, and sketches the gradual shift from European dependence to American mechanical innovation. It surveys the establishment of domestic foundries, the invention and refinement of composing and type-casting machines, the role of electrotyping, and the development of printing presses, while noting stylistic continuities with European type designs and the increasing originality and independence of American printers and manufacturers.

TYPOGRAPHIC TECHNICAL SERIES FOR APPRENTICES

The following list of publications, comprising the Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices, has been prepared under the supervision of the Committee on Education of the United Typothetae of America for use in trade classes, in course of printing instruction, and by individuals.

Each publication has been compiled by a competent author or group of authors, and carefully edited, the purpose being to provide the printers of the United States—employers, journeymen, and apprentices—with a comprehensive series of handy and inexpensive compendiums of reliable, up-to-date information upon the various branches and specialties of the printing craft, all arranged in orderly fashion for progressive study.

The publications of the series are of uniform size, 5 × 8 inches. Their general make-up, in typography, illustrations, etc., has been, as far as practicable, kept in harmony throughout. A brief synopsis of the particular contents and other chief features of each volume will be found under each title in the following list.

Each topic is treated in a concise manner, the aim being to embody in each publication as completely as possible all the rudimentary information and essential facts necessary to an understanding of the subject. Care has been taken to make all statements accurate and clear, with the purpose of bringing essential information within the understanding of beginners in the different fields of study. Wherever practicable, simple and well-defined drawings and illustrations have been used to assist in giving additional clearness to the text.

In order that the pamphlets may be of the greatest possible help for use in trade-school classes and for self-instruction, each title is accompanied by a list of Review Questions covering essential items of the subject matter. A short Glossary of technical terms belonging to the subject or department treated is also added to many of the books.

These are the Official Text-books of the United Typothetae of America.

Address all orders and inquiries to Committee on Education, United Typothetae of America, Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.