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SPECIMENS OF POINT LINE TYPE STEPHENSON, BLAKE & COMPANY And SIR CHARLES REED SONS SI SHEFFIELD ENGLAND - STEPHENSON, BLARE & Co. BAY STREET, TORONTO 122 *< c - < ifr &2>27=?%l| Presented to the LIBRARIES ofthe UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO by Ronald Peters SPECIMENS OF POINT TYPE LINE CANADIAN PRINTERS PLEASE NOTE. Q The Weights of Founts shown in the Specimen Pages are those of complete founts (containing Capitals and Lower- case) as generally sold in England, but small job founts (Capitals and Lowercase put up separately) are stocked for the Canadian Market, and will be supplied unless otherwise ordered. SPECIMENS POINT TYPE LINE BORDERS ORNAMENTS • BRASS RULES £rC. 6rC. Stephenson, Blake y Co. 122 Bay Street Toronto Manager - - C. H. CREIGHTON Foundry: SHEFFIELD, Eng. LONDON: 33 Aldersgate Street. BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF FOUNDRY. SHEFFIELD. SHEFFIELD: LONDON: NationalTelephone No.42. Telephones—6800 LondonWall(2lines). — TelegraphicAddress Stephenson, Sheffield. 12393Central. — — Codes Al, A.B.C. Fifth Edition, and Lieber’s. TelegraphicAddress Stephenson, London. TORONTO: 122 BAY STREET (C. H. Creighton, Manager). INTRODUCTORY NOTICE TO THE POINT LINE SPECIMEN BOOK. E have pleasure in offering to the Printing Trade this new and revised Edition of our Specimen Book, and trust that in respect of matter and arrangement it will be considered far in advance of its forerunners, while equal, if not superior, to them in point of artistic merit. The title of the book itself bears witness to the changes which have taken place in the system of typefounding during recent years, while its issue also marks an epoch in the histories of two foundries which, sprung from a common origin some century and a half ago, are now once more amalgamated under one management. To the discriminating printer the most important feature of the book will undoubtedly be the evidence, now offered for the first time in a concrete form, that we can supply our complete collection of Body and Jobbing Types not only on American Point Bodies, but also on a uniform Lining System. In addition to possessing these economic advantages, we think it will be — readily admitted that our Selection of Type Faces now strengthened by the addition of numerous series from Sir Charles Reed &- Sons’ Specimen Book —is unapproached by that of any other Foundry in respect of completeness, variety of style, and artistic merit. In the production of new series of letter of marked beauty and recognised utility, we have of late years been exceptionally prolific, and our selection of Borders has also been increased by the addition of some strikingly effective designs. Other useful features of this book which we believe will be welcomed, are its division into sections, and the provision of an index. Some page numbers are omitted at the end of each section to allow of the insertion, in their proper sequence, of future specimens, which will bear page numbers for this purpose. We trust our friends will make a note of this arrangement. Although Specimens of Wood Letter are not included in this book, it may not be out of place to mention that we have pleasure in forwarding our Wood Wood Letter Book on application, and that all orders for Letter will receive our prompt and most careful attention. We who take the present opportunity of thanking those Printers, in the past have been regular users of our Type, for their loyal support, and we desire to assure them, and the Printing Trade in general, of our determination in the future to leave nothing undone to maintain and, if possible, enhance the reputation which, we have reason to believe, our Type and Material at present enjoys for accuracy, finish and durability. STEPHENSON, BLAKE & Co. AND SIR CHARLES REED 6- SONS. Sheffield and London, 1908.