Re: [BKARTS] Type in North America

[Katie Harper <knharper@FUSE.NET>]

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Roberta:

The ITU "Lessons in Printing" sounds like a very useful resource. I'm glad
you included the quotes. Do they say anything in there, by any chance, about
how to make a living while giving "the maximum service of which he is
capable in his chosen field" etc.? ;-)


Katie Harper
Ars Brevis Press
Cincinnati, OH
513-233-9588




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>> It's an interesting notion about the used type. When and where was the
> first
>> type foundry established in North America?
>
> A quick search of the very complete timeline in the 1955 issue of I.T.U.
> (International Typographical Union) Lessons in Printing, Elements of
> Composition, Unit 1 found these "firsts" for North America...
>
> 1539 - First press set up in the Americas; Mexico City, Mexico by Pablos
>
> 1638 - First press in the United States; Cambridge, Mass. Operated by Daye:
> "Freeman's Oath" was first printed piece.
>
> 1775 - First daily newspaper in America: Philadelphia Packet, Philadelphia
>
> 1796 - Archibald Binny and James Ronaldson established the typefoundry in
> Philadelpia that is now the American Type Founders Sales Corporation.
> (Doesn't specify this as 'first', however, but no other typefounder is
> listed)
>
> 1812 - First type specimen book by an American foundry. Issued by Binny &
> Ronaldson Foundry, Philadelphia
>
> This is a terrific book, very thorough in technical information and speaks
> of the printing profession in a wonderful way;
>
> "Each individual is under supreme obligation - an obligation that he cannot
> escape or evade - to discover whatever abilities he may possess and them
> prepare himself thoroughly for the maximum service of which he is capable in
> his chosen field" pg.7
>
> "You, too, who take up printing and learn to love it, may find joy and
> satisfaction in its practice. If you find inspiration in such humble things
> as setting type and impressing it on paper, you will surely be called to do
> more influential work and will come to know that you are brother to an
> illustrious lineage which has ennobled a profession as inspiring as ever was
> practiced by any group of men. May we, who print, be worthy of it." pg.10
>
> Of course, a 'she' here and there would make it even more inspiring...
>
> with best wishes,
> Roberta
>
> Pendleton, Oregon
> paper@oregontrail.net
> http://www.missioncreekpress.com
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