Types of the De Vinne press; specimens for the use of compositors, proofreaders and publishers
A 1907 New York type specimen book issued by the De Vinne Press for compositors, proofreaders and publishers, showing printing types and decorative letterforms. The pictures are ornamental initials: a plain swash capital, a foliate initial with ivy and rose scrollwork, and framed block letters with leafy borders, cut as woodcut-style line work. A designer could draw on their interlaced vines, flourishes and boxed capitals for display lettering and borders.
