{"id":37,"date":"2023-12-06T00:07:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T00:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-d.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/?p=37"},"modified":"2024-01-16T19:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T19:37:21","slug":"a-catalogue-of-type-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/2023\/12\/06\/a-catalogue-of-type-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Catalogue of Type"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Designer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Baltimore Type and Composition Corporation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1929<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Client<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Manufacturers of print, such as newspapers who use printing presses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Baltimore Type and Composition Company, often referred to as &#8220;Baltotype,&#8221; was a prominent American printing and type foundry company based in Baltimore, Maryland, founded by the Czarnowsky family. \u201cA Catalogue of Type\u201d was a type specimen book published by Baltotype in 1929 for the purposes of advertising fonts, displaying typography capabilities, comparing typefaces, and providing technical information. The high-quality typefaces displayed in the book included both serif and sans serifs, such as Garamond and Copperplate Gothic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The catalog is divided into four sections. The first section is devoted to topics such as case-filling, and re-sorting, composition on the Galley, general information, Handy Box line, and weight font. The second section displays all typefaces and accented characters. The third section displays the complete Handy Box line, and the fourth section displays piece borders, ornaments, initials, holiday decoration, strip rule and border, leads and slugs, spacing material, and metal furniture. In this catalog, Baltotype claimed to originate the concept and packaging of the handy box fonts under the name Trade Monotypers, asserting their role in this innovative approach. This approach allowed designers to conveniently access organized fonts while creating a more efficient and user-friendly tool for typography needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources Cited<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>MacMillan, David M.&nbsp;Circuitous Root, www.circuitousroot.com\/artifice\/letters\/press\/noncomptype\/foundry-products\/index.html. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"602\" data-id=\"95\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-book-cover-Sofia-T-1.jpeg\" alt=\"A 234-page catalog titled \u201cA Catalogue of Type.\u201d The book cover is orange with blue and brown stripes intersecting in the center. \" class=\"wp-image-95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-book-cover-Sofia-T-1.jpeg 417w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-book-cover-Sofia-T-1-208x300.jpeg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"602\" data-id=\"96\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-green-page-Sofia-T-1.jpeg\" alt=\"The half-title page incorporates decorative borders around the title and address of the business. The Art Deco style is represented with repetitive decorative symbols and stripes around the border. \" class=\"wp-image-96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-green-page-Sofia-T-1.jpeg 417w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-green-page-Sofia-T-1-208x300.jpeg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-modern-christmas-cuts-2-Sofia-T-1-710x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Besides black, red is used in the Modern Christmas Cuts, Modernistic Borders, and selective Designed Piece Borders and Ornaments portions. \" class=\"wp-image-98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-modern-christmas-cuts-2-Sofia-T-1-710x1024.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-modern-christmas-cuts-2-Sofia-T-1-208x300.jpeg 208w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-modern-christmas-cuts-2-Sofia-T-1-768x1108.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-modern-christmas-cuts-2-Sofia-T-1.jpeg 834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"97\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-modern-christmas-cuts-1-Sofia-T-1-710x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Christmas decorative glyphs\" class=\"wp-image-97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-modern-christmas-cuts-1-Sofia-T-1-710x1024.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-modern-christmas-cuts-1-Sofia-T-1-208x300.jpeg 208w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-modern-christmas-cuts-1-Sofia-T-1-768x1108.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-modern-christmas-cuts-1-Sofia-T-1.jpeg 834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-section-1-weight-fonts-Sofia-T-1-710x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"A half-page dedicated to font weights.\" class=\"wp-image-99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-section-1-weight-fonts-Sofia-T-1-710x1024.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-section-1-weight-fonts-Sofia-T-1-208x300.jpeg 208w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-section-1-weight-fonts-Sofia-T-1-768x1108.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1491\/2024\/01\/3book-section-1-weight-fonts-Sofia-T-1.jpeg 834w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Designer Baltimore Type and Composition Corporation Year 1929 Client Manufacturers of print, such as newspapers who use printing presses The Baltimore Type and Composition Company, often referred to as &#8220;Baltotype,&#8221; was a prominent American printing and type foundry company based in Baltimore, Maryland, founded by the Czarnowsky family. \u201cA Catalogue of Type\u201d was a type&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/2023\/12\/06\/a-catalogue-of-type-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Catalogue of Type<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5259,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,19,37,48],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/creativeblocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}