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The Scotch series, together with a showing of initials, ornaments and selected decorative material (1922)

Mergenthaler linotype company. [from old catalog] · Brooklyn, N.Y., Mergenthaler linotype company · leaf 8

An illustration from The Scotch series, together with a showing of initials, ornaments and selected decorative material, 1922, leaf 8
SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TYPE FACE KNOWN AS SCOTCH … among types after about a century of uninterrupted popularity. Only a type designed and cut on basically sound principles could achieve this record. Scotch capitals are full and sturdy, with the lower case in harmony. The firm, incisive downstrokes, beautifully turned serifs and general crispness…

Typography · Type and type-founding -- United States -- Specimens

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