tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090647563232134877.post218385542062706134..comments2009-03-13T17:09:28.438-07:00Comments on The Purple Raven Printery: ATF Specimen Book & Catalog 1923 page ~Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090647563232134877.post-26709573144802272292009-02-14T05:16:00.000-08:002009-02-14T05:16:00.000-08:00What should really boggle the mind is that for eve...What should really boggle the mind is that for ever single letter, number, analphabetic character, decorative doodad, there was a separate matrix used to cast that sort. ATF, or any other large type foundry had hundreds of thousands of matrices in the vault. Staggering thought.<br><br>See the process at Stempel <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/interrobang918/sets/72157594420919945/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br><br>And their matrix vault <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/interrobang918/322764152/in/set-72157594420919945/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8090647563232134877.post-31943845685264226622009-02-14T17:00:00.000-08:002009-02-14T17:00:00.000-08:00I know ‽ Crazy staggering!I know ‽ Crazy staggering!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com