Page from separate metal types, p. 9 Two pages from the Huntington copy of Gutenberg’s Bible, p. 12 Decorated page from Gutenberg’s famous Bible of Forty-two Lines, opp. p. 12 THE SPREAD OF TYPOGRAPHY _Page 13_ The Venetian style of typography and decoration, opp. p. 13 The spread of typography (table), p. 13 Page printed by Koburger, p. 14 The first displayed composition, p. 14 A page from the famous Bamberg Missal, opp. p. 14 The first italic, a page by Aldus, p. 15 Specimens from Plantin’s Polyglot Bible of 1569, pp. 16, 17 Gothic ornamental pieces, from a “Book of Hours,” p. 16 Page by England’s first printer, p. 17 Page in English by John Daye, p. 18 The first Psalter in English, p. 18 TYPOGRAPHY IN COLONIAL DAYS _Page 19_ A title-page of 1655, with much type display, opp. p. 19 First book printed in English America, p. 19 Title-page of a Shakespeare book, p. 20 First edition of “Pilgrim’s Progress,” (reset by Whittingham), p. 21 First issue of the London “Times,” p. 21 Page from a chap-book, p. 22 Page from “Description of Trades,” p. 22 French specimen of 1742, p. 23 Caslon types and ornaments, p. 23 First edition of “Paradise Lost,” p. 24 Two pages from “Poor Richard’s Almanack,” p. 25 Italian specimen of 1776, p. 26 Pages from Bodoni books of 1789 and 1806, p. 26 TYPOGRAPHY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY _Page 27_ A Morris title-page and text page, opp. p. 27 Page from a “Book of Common Prayer,” p. 27 A design of the rule-curving period, p. 28 Title-page of 1810, p. 28 Title-page of 1847, p. 28 Title-page of 1872, p. 28 Title-page of MacKellar’s “American Printer,” p. 29 A banquet program of 1865, p. 29 From a type-foundry specimen book of 1885, p. 30 A business card of 1865, p. 30 A business card of 1889, p. 31 Stationery composition of 1870, p. 31 The panel as used in 1893, p. 31 A neat letterhead of 1897, p. 31 Title-pages by Charles Whittingham, p. 32 Bradley’s adaptation of the Colonial style, opp. p. 32 A Jacobi page of 1892, p. 33 A Bradley page in lower-case, p. 33 A Bradley page in Caslon capitals, p. 34 A De Vinne page, p. 34 PART TWO (_The index figures refer to the number of the example_) THE “LAYOUT” MAN _Page 35_ Booklet cover-page laid out with pencil and crayon, 1 Anticipating the appearance of the printed page, 2, 3 Ascertaining color combination with crayons, 5, 6 Laying out copy for machine composition, 4-a, 4-b Table for ascertaining the number of words to square inch, 7 Notehead set without instructions, 8 Business card set without instructions, 9 Label set without instructions, 10 Notehead laid out for compositor, 11