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Dwiggins, W. A. Caledonia: A New Printing Type Designed for Mergenthaler Linotype Company by W.A. Dwiggins. Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Co. 1939. Typography and designs by Dwiggins. Three copies have pink wrapper and one bound in blue paper over boards (fifth copy is missing?). "Interesting text," as noted by Agner. Introduces Dwiggins Linotype Caledonia type, perhaps his best known, still widely used today. Includes a note by Dwiggins on the development of the type and a letter by Dr. Hermann Puterschein (Dwiggins pseudonym) on the designer. -- Agner No. 39.02, 1939

 Item — item: CPSPE SPCSK Z232.D975 WAD 39.02

Dates

  • 1939

Physical Description

5 copies

Use and Access to Collection

This collection is open for research.

Physical Description

5 copies

Library Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives

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