Type, foundry
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROMAN/18,24, PT./CAPS
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0136.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Stephenson Blake
- MODEL
- ENGRAVERS ROMAN
- LOCATION
- Sheffield, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- TYPE METAL (LEAD, TIN, ANTIMONY, ETC.)
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Printing
- Category
- Image carriers
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Stephenson Blake
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Sheffield
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- MID 20TH C.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A DISPLAY TYPE FACE - Technical
-
ENGRAVER'S ROMAN WAS PARTICULARLY POPULAR DURING THE MID 20TH C. ITS HEAVY LINES MADE IT EFFECTIVE FOR USE IN PRINTING FOR BUSINESS & INDUSTRY WHERE A BOLD EFFECT WAS CALLED FOR. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NO From CA of 11/18/1995 by Tony Missio: Undetermined
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Stephenson Blake, Type, foundry, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1981.0136, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0136.001/
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