Joseph Blumenthal collection related to Spiral type, 1931-1940.

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Joseph Blumenthal collection related to Spiral type, 1931-1940.

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The collection consists of material used in the creation of Joseph Blumenthal's Spiral type, with related ephemera. Box 1 holds original ink drawings by Blumenthal of Spiral initials, a group of trial punches and matrices made by the German punchcutter Louis Hoell, smoke proof prints, two photographs of Hoell, and two folders of proofs and trial pages printed by Blumenthal in both the Spiral and Emerson faces. Box 2 holds the final punches and matrices for 14-point Spiral type, one font of 14-point Spiral type, and two alignment and fitting tools for punchcutting and matrix engraving.

1.0 linear foot (2 boxes)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8120491

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Blumenthal, Joseph, 1897-1990

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American printer. From the description of Typographic years, [ca. 1980]-1982. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936707 Joseph Blumenthal, American printer, printing historian, and type designer. From the description of Joseph Blumenthal papers, 1922-1991. (RIT Library). WorldCat record id: 745451641 Joseph Blumenthal, American printer, printing historian, and type designer. Blumenthal designed Spiral type in 1931 in Germany so that it c...

Hoell, Louis 1860-1935

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