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concerned that Van Vechten’s fragile negatives were deteriorating
At every ten new discoveries they lowered the size of type to keep the book within bounds
all made right down the street at 67 Winthrop Street in Cambridge
Each designer received a cash award and a royalty contract
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The Steadfast Tin Soldier of Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem production-originals concerned that Van Vechten’s fragileThis award winning volume traces the biographical myth of the English bodied Roman No. 6, nicknamed the Schefferletter. Originally believed by the Ensched family to be a 15th century relic from Peter Schoeffer, the type was later reattributed to 1520s Cologne. Produced by Bram de Does following a lecture by Ernst Braches, the book chronicles the acrimonious scholarly disputes regarding the types pedigreemost notably during the German occupation. Hand
