Sure to appeal to all typophiles, this poster elucidates the history of the job case, summarizes letterform nomenclature, and provides useful typeface classification examples. Printed with custom-mixed inks, it will find a welcome home in print shops, design studios, and libraries.

Woodcut illustrations by Frank Holme, from "Poker Rubaiyat" by Kirke La Shelle, 1903. Held in the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection.

Cards printed in color on front, blank inside.

8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs with envelopes.

Reproduced from an origional lithographic plate in P. Fleury, Nouvel Album de Letters Peintes. Paris: Libraries-Imprimeries Reunis, 1903. Held at the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection.

Cards printed in color on front, blank inside.

8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs with envelopes.

These manuscript leaves were selected to illustrate the art of the manuscript during the period of its greatest development and influence. Held in the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection.

Cards printed in color on front, blank inside.

8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs with envelopes.

Chromatic Wood Type

This beautifully printed typographic arrangement appears in one of the rarest wood type catalogs of the 19th century. Specimens of Chromatic Wood Type, Borders, &c., Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co. Greenville, Conn., 1874. Held in the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection.

Advertisement designs by Will Bradley. From: Poster Album, The Ault & Wilborg Ink Co., 1902. Held in the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection.

Color plates printed by C.M. Search of Rochester, N.Y., for a nurseryman's fruit and flower catalog. Search was active from 1880-1900 and often used watercolors and a stencil process to produce his lush and evocative images of horticulture products. Held in Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection. Cards printed in color on front, blank inside.
8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs with envelopes.

Color plate printed by C.M. Search of Rochester, N.Y., for a nurseryman's fruit and flower catalog. Search was active from 1880 - 1900 and often used watercolors and a stencil process to produce his lush and evocative images of horticulture products. Held in Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection.

Cards printed in color on front, blank inside.

8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs with envelopes.

This work features stipple-drawn portraits and biographies of twenty recipients of RIT’s Frederic W. Goudy Award from 1969 to 1988. Zapf, Mardersteig, Chappell, Wolpe, Carter, and Frutiger are among the designers, typographers, and historians honored in this book. Printed by offset lithography in black ink with vermilion accents.

Twenty-five historic color processes are described and illustrated here through informative texts and sumptuous digital color reproductions. Numerous magnified detail illustrations show the tonal characteristics of each process. The majority of the image samples are drawn from the Cary Collection.