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"Monotype" specimen book (v.2)

Archive Print Item: Bibliography G-3.4/MON

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Type of record: Book

Title: "Monotype" specimen book (v.2)

Level: Item

Classmark: Bibliography G-3.4/MON

Creator(s): Monotype Corporation

Publisher: Lanston Monotype Corporation

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1930-39

Language: English

Size and medium: 2 v

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/197956

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991009598539705181

Description

Includes 4 loose batches of "Additional Specimen Sheets" intended to be inserted into the binders to replace outdated information.


Includes specimens of different kinds of typeface in a variery of sizes, mostly in English, but with some examples in German, French, Hebrew languages, Greek, Gaelic. Also includes examples of decorative text and borders, and supplementary lists of figures.


Catalogued from cover.


Various imprints: Monotype Corporation appears on some sheets.

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