{"id":25799,"date":"2024-01-12T11:27:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa-letterpress.com\/?page_id=25799"},"modified":"2026-01-28T14:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T19:42:30","slug":"member-type-specimens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apa-letterpress.com\/?page_id=25799","title":{"rendered":"Member Type Specimens"},"content":{"rendered":"

APA members have a fondness for typefaces and over the years have shared numerous specimens of many of the treasures in their collections. Some members have printed specimen books of the faces in their shops, others print various specimen pages for the bundle. One particularly popular bundle item ha bee the 3″x5″ specimen card, with many members filing them away for easy reference and perusal, some have been doing so for decades. This section is an effort to make some of those specimens accessible to more people as well as to capture some of the history and insights that have often accompanied them.<\/p>\n

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\"On<\/a><\/td>\nOn Printing A Specimen Book<\/a><\/em>
\nPrinted in 1980 by by Jane W. Roberts (APA#383)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"A<\/a><\/td>\nA Specimen of Printing Types<\/a><\/em>
\nThe Vintage Press
\nMolalla, OR
\nPrinted in 1966 by Kenneth L. Burnett (APA#288)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Coach<\/a><\/td>\nType Specimens including decorations, borders, ornaments, and miscellaneous characters available at The Coach Lamp Press<\/a><\/em>
\nPrinted in 1970 by by James C. Presgraves (APA#298)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Type<\/a><\/td>\nType Faces and Illustrative Cuts<\/em><\/a>
\nAnchor Press
\nMount Morris, IL
\nPrinted in 1973 by Bill McKay (APA#392)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Miscellany<\/a><\/td>\nMiscellany for Cooks & Printers<\/em><\/a>
\nPrinted in 1980 by Jane W. Roberts (APA#383)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Shady<\/a><\/td>\nShady Acre Private Press<\/a>,
\na partial catalog of body, title and ornamental types and initials. Printed in 1985 by Martin & Willametta Keffer (APA#113)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"A<\/a><\/td>\nA Specimen of Selected Types for Miniature Books, Papers, &c. at The Jen Press<\/em><\/a>
\nPrinted in 1986 by J. Ed Newman (APA#297)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"A<\/a><\/td>\nA Specimen of Type: Commemorating 20 Years of Accumulation<\/em><\/a>
\nThe Quilkin Press
\nAnn Arbor, MI
\nPrinted in 1991 by Clifford S. Leonard, Jr. (APA#367)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Homespun<\/a><\/td>\nHomespun: A Typographical Novelty by Andrew W. Dunker<\/em><\/a>
\nPrinted in 2000 by Paul Hayden Duensing (APA#421)
\nAn account of how the “Homespun” typeface was developed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Who<\/a><\/td>\nWho Fired: An Annual Report<\/em><\/a>
\nPrinted in 1985 by Nils R. Bull Young (APA#537)
\nThe story and specimens of type retrieved from Gil. Barnhorst.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Hoosier<\/a><\/td>\nHoosier Hash<\/em>: Everything Comes to Him Who Waits<\/a>
\nPrinted in 1984 by Herb Hanish (APA#482)
\nA story about obtaining type from the Gujarati Type Foundry in India, includes specimens.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Cover\"<\/a><\/td>\nBorders & Ornaments<\/em><\/a> Morning Bird Press
\nPrinted in 1991 by Bob Fusfeld (APA#573).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Cover\"<\/a><\/td>\nFifteen Years of Effort<\/em><\/a>
\nPrinted by Ray Cuddington (APA#149)
\nA public showing of the Cuddington Collection: Electros, Zinc Etchings, Typecast cuts, and Printers Dingbats<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Cover\"<\/a><\/td>\nIn Celebration of Antique Type<\/em><\/a>
\nBy Ronald A. Ruble (APA#322)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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