The practice of typography; a treatise on the processes of type-making, the point system, the names, sizes, styles and prices of plain printing types (1899)
De Vinne, Theodore Low, 1828-1914 · New York : The Century co. · leaf 354
on making the letters that serve for themodels on the Benton machine beginswith a pencil sketch on paper of letters twelveinches high. The drawing is reproduced by thepantograph, but it reappears in the form of amodel letter, three inches high, with raised out-lines on a metal plate th.it luis been… … The Bentou puiieh-cutting machine.Height, 5 feet 4 inches; floor space, 22 x 28 inches. 351 352 Benton Punch-cutting Machine sented in tlie illustration), the model letter can bemade to serve for the cutting of any body fromtwo-point to seventy-two point.^ In this nuichine the electrotyped letter…
Printing · Typography
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