Type cutters at work at N.V. Lettergieterij 'Amsterdam', voorheen N. Tetterode, in Amsterdam, c. 1916
Lettergieterij 'Amsterdam' (drukker/printer)
year: [1916]
type: illustratie
illustration
detail: nee
dimensions: 9,5 x 14 cm.
related terms: lettergieterijen lettersnijders
period: 20e eeuw
classification:
C: Paleografie, letterontwerp, lettertypen, lettergieten, schrift
contents: The work of type cutters traditionally consisted of making moulds for type. On the head of a metal bar a type form was cut out in relief in reverse with a burin . The mould was then filed off and the punch was finished. From the 1880s this process was simplified by the invention of engraving- and composing machines, but some things were still done by hand.
origineel:
source: N.V. Lettergieterij 'Amsterdam', voorheen N. Tetterode. Onze fabrieken en werkplaatsen = Nos établissements et nos ateliers. - Amsterdam/Rotterdam: Lettergieterij 'Amsterdam', [ca. 1916], niet gepagineerd
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1331 C 42
©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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