Specimen Book (Grid View)

Pepsi bottles

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Person in dress & person in cowboy attire awarding each other

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Muffin

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Sea anemone

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Packaged loaf of bread

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"Rain can't harm / Frost can't hurt / Insects can't touch"

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Old telephone

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Cascasde of Hormel meats

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Acrylic type

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Floor platen press

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"Don't"

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"Special" (#1 of 2 with same word)

Notes: Brush caps italic, rough banner background

"Special" (#2 of 2 with same word)

Notes: Bordered

"Look"

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"Enjoy Pepsi either way"

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Jaunty manicule #2

Notes: Designed using image of historical jaunty manicule found online, and lasercut by Amanda Wyatt Visconti, 2/3/2025, using type-high maple. Note we also have a lead version of this same manicule in our collections.

Walsh "unicorn" line drawing

Notes: Designed and lasercut by Amanda Wyatt Visconti, 2/3/2025, using type-high maple

"Benjamin Franklin's print shop"

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Fish swimming with book in mouth

Notes: Pairs well with awv-113/"'Ex Libris' person astride fish"

"Poison" skull & crossbones

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"Sugar"/"Flour"/"Tea"/"Coffee"/"Cocoa"

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"The Spirit of America"

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Headless person holding head in hand ("St. Ciris")

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Human head cross-section

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Large "Z" (solid)

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Large "Z" (outline)

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"Printed by a trans printer!" manicule

Notes: Designed and lasercut by Amanda Wyatt Visconti, 2/3/2025, using type-high maple. Uses Erin Moore's "Vision" type on the word "trans", and a historical manicule image found online

Unnamed, wood sans serif #1

Notes: * 27 characters

Unnamed, wood sans serif #2

Notes: * 119 characters

"Oven Fresh" ribbon banner

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"From the oven" with frame

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Toaster oven

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Sniffing hound

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"AND"

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Victorian woman at typewriter looking over shoulder

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&

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Jaunty manicule #1

Notes: Want to look up history/name of this particular cut, as I've seen it in multiple places so it must be one of those named ones

Jaunty exclamation mark

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2 loaves of bread

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Tiny chef

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"The Whopper Has a New Home"

Notes: How could I resist this.

"It's Great"

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"Original"

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Fancydog (long-legged Maple; dog) #2

Notes: Designed and lasercut by Amanda Wyatt Visconti, 2/15/2025, using type-high maple. I cut the imagefrom craft foam with safety scissors, printed with a BookBeetle press in Fall 2024; resulting print digitized; lasercut into wood for further printing.

"Made by a trans printer!" catchword

Notes: Designed and lasercut by Amanda Wyatt Visconti, 2/15/2025, using type-high maple.

"Zine Bakery" with zine icon

Notes: Designed and lasercut by Amanda Wyatt Visconti, 2/15/2025, using type-high maple.

Partial, unnamed, wood sans serif, #3

Notes: * 30 characters * Partial alphabet, with some characters in multiples * Included characters are: aadcceffhllnnooorrstttuuvvvwwx

Unnamed, wood serif, #1

Notes: * Seller label was "Letterpress Hamilton Wood Type - 8 Line - N45" * Includes multiple wood spaces, 2 '' smart-left, 2 ' smart-right, 1 comman, two dashes, two periods, exclamation mark, question mark, ampersand * Alpha haracters: aaabbccddeeeeffgghhiiijjkklllmmnnnoooppqrrrsssstttuuuvvwwxyyz

"BELL TELEPHONE" with sound wave

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"A real American boy!" with boy image

Notes: Vibes: trans, androgynous, queer, FTM, FTN.

"An Honorary Fellow of"

Notes: Vibes: trans, gay, FTM.

"AV" monogram with long line

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"Camp" in word bubble

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"CAUTION"

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"Curses!" man

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"Different, yes—and how they like it!" with bread

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"Do you want bread of quality?" man

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"DON'T MISS"

Notes: Vibes: FTM, FTN, trans, agender, non-binary, anti-misgendering.

"EXTRA" on banner

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"HEAVENLY" two-color split catchword

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"HERE'S YOUR"

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"Here's the idea" writing man

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"I'm a meat man..." etc.

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"Let's get acquainted" form with 2 prompt fields and 2 dogs sniffing each other

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"LITERARY"

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"Markdown!"

Notes: (listed as "Vintage 1970's Suffolk VA")

"nature's best" (#1)

Notes: Vibes: trans. See also the other version of this catchword in our collections.

"nature's best" (#2)

Notes: Vibes: trans. See also the other version of this catchword in our collections.

"nearly everybody likes"

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"Pink Frolic"

Notes: Vibes: queer, subversive masculinity, subversive femininity.

"Hope" Gothic diagonal

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"HOT ROLLS"

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"PRINTING"

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"The way to look at it" comic about "persecuted peoples", "shucks he's not a burden he's my brother"

Notes: (listed as "Vintage 1970's Suffolk VA")

"Way to go" with thumbs up, repeated 5 times

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"WE BEG TO ANNOUNCE" with politely announcing man

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"Your Choice"

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Dachshund (long-haired; dog)

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"PROOF"

Notes: Vibes: trans.

2 cowboys riding horses

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2 knights on a horse

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Queer buggy (2 men in carriage)

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3 exclamation marks (loose/separate; same typeface/size)

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"Remember when"

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Anatomy muscle chart

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Angry man under framed area

Notes: Angry(?) man with hair standing on end, fists and foot out as if throwing tantrum, under framed area (not mortised)

Art deco corners

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Blindfolded Justice with scales

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Border collie (dog)

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Burning candle

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Dragon/griffin

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Fans & cheerleaders celebrating

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Girl munching on slice of bread

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Greyhound #1

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Happy woman

Notes: Lost? (may have thrown out in shipping packaging of other cuts bc very small; or may be somewhere in AWV house)

Historical person carrying tea tray

Notes: Vibes: trans, androgynous, queer, FTM, FTN.

Large clock dial face

Notes: Missing one numeral (7?). Are all numerals removable?

Man jumping for joy

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Androgynous saint with spear

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Medieval woman holding basket

Notes: Unclear if basket holds bread or something else.

"something special..."

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Fishfaced man holding frame below him

Notes: Man has round face, eyes, open mouth (fishy expression, not actually fish-looking) and is leaning out a window, holding a sign that hangs below him (non-mortised)

Open trenchcoat seller (mortised!)

Notes: Has hole in center where other type can be fit (e.g. !!!) = mortised

Person beating their chest

Notes: Vibes: FTM, FTN, trans, chest binding, top surgery.

Pouting baby (photorealistic)

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Printers' ruler (metal)

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Rose on stem with leaves

Notes: For bread & roses prints

"the birth of a legend"

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"Sic Semper Tyrannis" (motto of the state of Virginia)

Notes: Unfortunately fully clothed (i.e. not the official state version). Unmounted (blue tape + three reglets allowed printing on Vandercook).

Single bracket

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2 carytids

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Utensils arranged like rays of sunrise

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Abacus

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Heraldic unicorn

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"Cookies!" with munching bear

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Large exclamation mark

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Mortised frame and lightning bolt

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"Printed w/<3 by a trans [ ] printer [ ] ally [trans flag outline]"

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Jellyfish

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Large rectangle with diagonal pattern and small mortised frame

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Little mouse looking up

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Two men on tandem bicycle

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Manicules with frills, x 2

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"Whoopee" man jumping for joy

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Masquerade couple

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Franklin Gothic

Notes: ATF 163.

Pug sticking out tongue, looking over boy's shoulder

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"Pride in progress"

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Pig in hat & dress

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Overlapping circles border rectangle

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Provisional Press

Notes: Purchased & assembled by Amanda from kit for personal home use, Fall 2024.

"Gutenberg Press" "unfair to scribes" monk picketer

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Multiple tiny gesticulating men

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Owl

Notes: Sitting on branch, looking at viewer. Useful for UVA "Hoo" stuff.

Globe on stand

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Borders: acorns, x 5

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Borders: 2 straight lines with space between, x 16

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Borders: swoops, x 2

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Borders: square inside square, x 2

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Man with megaphone #2

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"I want a dog"

Notes: Requires slugs on other side to mount (linotype, so not block mount but not unmounted)

"Ex Libris" person astride fish

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2 pigs, having sex

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Palm-reading hand

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Parent bear looking at child bear

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Rat

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Dracula face

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Isle of Man flag-style three-legged thing

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"is an excellent judge"

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"critical tech! no 'innovation' serving profit over people " Luddite

Notes: Lasercut. Somewhat burnt; print was uneven due to underside's past carving was not flat, no easy way to pack to fix. Burnt and weird-grained wood came through in print.

Shaking hands

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Dragonfly and ant on foliage

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Starburst with comet tail

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High Spot

Notes: Seller details said this type is from "KelseyCo. - New England Type Foundry". Purchased by Amanda from LetterpressThings.com 4/7/2025.

Franklin Gothic

Notes: Purchased by Amanda from LetterpressThings.com 4/7/2025.

Copperplate

Notes: Purchased by Amanda from LetterpressThings.com 4/7/2025.

Gothic Condensed

Notes: Purchased by Amanda from LetterpressThings.com 4/8/2025.

Teacup and plate

Notes: Unmounted

"Christ, what an asshole"

Notes: Lasercut on type-high maple wood in March or April 2025. Uses the Open Caslon font to imitate the New Yorker cartoon captioning, using the Universal New Yorker Cartoon Caption text.

"Oof" manicule

Notes: Lasercut. (Don't lasercut soft/pink linoleum!)

"Coffee + Code" form

Notes: Lasercut. Successful, unburnt block with good print result.

Fancydog (long-legged Maple; dog) #1

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Greyhound #2

Notes: Does not print well (tested by overprinting and still has uncompleted lines, poor detail, not great)

"glitch" (inverse)

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"Little Orphan Annie" 3-panel comic strip

Notes: Purchased to experiment with milling away text in speech bubbles, for replacement with second-pass registered custom text

"Announcing" (man with megaphone)

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Tree & leaves L-shaped border

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Woman looking through binoculars

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Tea cannister

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Victorian lady with camera

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"Speaking in Faces" by the Virginia Humanities Center for the Book: Book Arts Program

Notes: Bound specimen book for the Virginia Humanities Center for the Book: Book Arts Program printshop's hundreds of metal and wood type cases, plus information on how to understand basic typography and difference between similar type families.

"Letterpress Core" packet by Virginia Center for the Book: Book Arts Program

Notes: 25-page packet printed on cardstock, containing glossary with long definitions of various letterpress terms, explanation of letterpress point sizes, discussion of Vandercook parts, etc.

"Pressmen's Ink Handbook" by H.J. Wolfe

Notes: Book on chemistry behind letterpress ink creation (and mixing?); at least several decades old.

"Letterpress Now: A DIY Guide to New & Old Printing Methods" by Jessica C. White

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"Cheap Copies! The OBSOLETE! Press Guide to DIY Hectography, Mimeography & Spirit Duplication" by Rich Dane

Notes: For University of Virginia Rare Book School Summer 2025 class on "Identifying and Understanding Twentieth-Century Duplicating Technologies".

"How to Identify Prints" (2nd ed.) by Bamber Gascoigne

Notes: For University of Virginia Rare Book School Summer 2025 class on "Identifying and Understanding Twentieth-Century Duplicating Technologies".

"Studying Early Printed Books, 1450-1800" by Sarah Werner

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"A New Introduction to Bibliography" by Phillip Gaskell

Notes: For University of Virginia Rare Book School Summer 2025 class on "Identifying and Understanding Twentieth-Century Duplicating Technologies".

Wood type (TBD)

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Metal type (TBD)

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Any other donated items, including 2 boxes, unmounted cuts

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Unnamed brush script (name TBD) & special italic spacing

Notes: Comes with wood spacing because the spacing needs to be diagonal to work.

Em fractions (spaces?)

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Spaces pack

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Spaces pack

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Quads & spaces pack

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Quads & spaces pack

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Wooden reglets

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Leading

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Wooden spacing blocks

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Composing stick

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Printers' ruler (metal)

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Printers' ruler (wood)

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Old mounting block x 6(?)

Notes: 3 large, 3 medium?

Quoin key & 3 quoins

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3 full-size California type drawers

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1 smaller type drawer without dividers

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Planer block #1

Notes: For leveling type on press bed.

Slug cutter #1

Notes: * There is a part missing on the top: a slide that would be used to set the length of slug. You could use a good magnet to set the length. The slide on the bottom does move, but could use some cleaning and oiling. It can also be used to set the length of slug being cut.

Caslon

Notes: In unopened, never-used "American Type Foundry" packaging when arrived

Bond Script

Notes: In unopened, never-used packaging when arrived, labeled in black marker

Eccliastic

Notes: In unopened, never-used "typefounders inc. foundry type" packaging when arrived.

Bodoni

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "AUG 29".

Bodoni

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "AUG 28".

Bodoni

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "JUL 28".

Coronet

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "NOV-9".

Coronet

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "NOV-8".

Coronet

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "OCT 15".

Coronet

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "DEC 2".

Copperplate

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "SEP 5"

Copperplate (#1 of 2 in type style)

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "MAY-8"

Copperplate (#2 of 2 in type style)

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "AUG 28"

Coronet

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "MAY 1" (difficult to read, may be incorrect).

Copperplate (#1 of 2 in type style)

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "NOW 23"

Copperplate (#2 of 2 in type style)

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "NOV 27"

Rustic (#1 of 2)

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived.

Rustic (#2 of 2)

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived.

Bodoni

Notes: In unopened, never-used packaging when arrived, labeled in red pencil or pen

Rustic

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived

Bodoni

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "MAR".

Bodoni

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived; packaging marked "MAR".

Bodoni

Notes: In unopened, never-used packaging when arrived, labeled "LC / 675K" in red pencil or pen

Copperplate

Notes: In unopened, never-used Detroit Type Foundry packaging when arrived.

Crayonette

Notes: In unopened, never-used "typefounders inc. foundry type" packaging when arrived.

Crayonette

Notes: In unopened, never-used "typefounders inc. foundry type" packaging when arrived.

Unknown typeface in "30pt [illegible]" brown paper packaging

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2 x spacing organization wooden trays

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11 full-size California type drawers

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Type cabinet #1 (full of California cases)

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Type cabinet #2 (full of "Hamilton 2/3 Dearing" cases)

Notes: See this link for the correct layout for this Hamilton "2/3 Dearing Job Case": http://www.alembicpress.co.uk/Typecases/ATDCASE.HTM

Tabletop C&P Pilot platen press

Notes: Currently in need of refurbishment; not yet ready to print with.

Table for C&P Pilot press

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Planer block #2

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Galley trays x 3

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Chase (as part of awvloan-050 C&P press)

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Slug cutter #2

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Wood reglets organizer & reglets (many)

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Large box of leading

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Unnamed sans serif ("Hamilton Slab Black Condensed")

Notes: * Inexpensive ($150), unlovely, don't have to be precious with it. * 150 characters * "Looks similar to Rockwell Extra Bold Condensed but some characteristics aren't a match. Possibly Not an official specimen. Accordingly, IDing as Slab Face Black Condensed but Not using a specific font name."

Visual braille

Notes: * "This 'visual font' was created in order to increase awareness of braille and allow sighted people to experience braille." * This version of braille is "basic" or "Grade I braille. ("Advanced braille uses many contractions to augment the a-z alphabet in order to make the text much more compact. Making a metal face of advanced braille would entail a far larger character count.") * How to use visual braille type (from Swamp Press type foundry website): -Each character has an identification mark on the shoulder, which does not print, but allows for easy setting, distribution and proofing. -Spacing: all printed braille is 0.245" wide in set, so spaces are included in my fonts. Regular 24 pt spacing can also be used. -Leading: the official standard for vertical height of the braille cell is 0.4" or 28.5 points, which for letterpress is very, very inconvenient. So I recommend using 4 pts leading and if one wants to be persnickety add in another half point. -Capitals: a special character denotes that the following character is capitalized. In this font "•C•" on the shoulder means "Cap". -Numerals: numerals are created by adding the numeral character (# on the shoulder) before the letter "" for the numeral 1, "b" following means 2, and so on. So "#a#b" indicates the numeral "12". * More info: https://www.swamppress.com/braille-unique.html

Embossing braille

Notes: * This version of braille is "basic" or "Grade I braille. ("Advanced braille uses many contractions to augment the a-z alphabet in order to make the text much more compact. Making a metal face of advanced braille would entail a far larger character count.") * How to use embossing braille type (from Swamp Press type foundry website): -Setting: on the shoulder of the type is the character identification in relief, and this will not emboss but aids in setting, proofing and redistribution. -Spacing: all printed braille is 0.245" wide in set, so spaces are included in my fonts. Regular 24 pt spacing can also be used. -Leading: the official standard for vertical height of the braille cell is 0.4" which is 28.5 points, which for letterpress is very inconvenient. So I recommend using 4 pts leading and if one wants to be persnickety add in another half point. -Capitals: a special character denotes that the following character is capitalized. In this font "•C•" on the shoulder means "Cap." Numerals: numerals are -created by adding the numeral character (# on the shoulder) before the letter "a" for the numeral 1, "b" following is 2, and so on. So "#a#b" indicates the numeral "12". * More info: https://www.swamppress.com/braille-embossing.html

"Build Now: you will have Nothing to regret" & background illustration

Notes: Useful for the DH coding and makerspace "building" I and Scholars' Lab do.

"Building activity is justified as never before" and background forest illustration

Notes: Useful for the DH coding and makerspace "building" I and Scholars' Lab do.

"Our experienced building advice is yours for the asking" with background illustration of two suited men looking at documents

Notes: Useful for the DH coding and makerspace "building" I and Scholars' Lab do.

"Electrifying History"

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"Information"

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COFFEE

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"LOOK!!"

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BookBeetle

Notes: Purchased by SLab between 2021-2023.

[Box of type & spacing, to sort and divide into ID'd items here]

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[Box of type & spacing & blocks, to sort and divide into ID'd items here]

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