Letterpress Wood Type: 8 Line Garamond. On offer: 8 line Garamond letterpress wood type. This font of sign type is complete and in great shape, with all uppers from A to Z, all numbers 0-9 and some symbols and punctuation. Lease see photos for more details. Claude Garamond was a distinguished 16th century type designer and founder, the first person to establish typefounding as a business separate from printing. By Morris Benton of ATF, was apparently derived from other fonts Claude designed in France. The ATF version was released in 1917 with Italic and Bold released in 1920 and 1923, respectively. From the Second, Revised Edition of American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century, by Mac McGrew. We are earnest collectors, restorers and docents of the letterpress trade. We do our best to be honest and up front about the condition of all of our equipment–which we also do our best to breath new life into. A great deal of letterpress equipment is 50 – 100 years old and older but we aim to not sell anything that isn’t functional, regardless of its age. Commonly referred to as purveyors of the “Boutique de Junque”–a small collection of letterpess items that has become a hobbyist’s dream gone wild in Indianapolis, IN–we are earnest supporters of the letterpress trade for both beginners and professionals. If you are looking for any letterpress related item, we likely have it, including: Tabletop Printing Presses: Chandler and Price, Sigwalt, Kelsey, Daughaday, Victors, Craftsmen, Baltimorean, Golding, and others Vandercook Proof Presses Type, type and more type; spacing, leading, cutting/scoring/perforating rule Cases and cabinets Wood Type Proof and Sign Presses: Line-O-Scribes, Showcard, Nolan, Chandler and Price, Vandercooks and others Composing sticks, quoins of all kinds, keys, wood/metal furniture and cabinets, chases, rollers/cores/trucks—etc. If it exists, we likely have it. Beyond that, if it’s letterpress related, we can provide it? Floor models, type (1,000’s of fonts of wood and lead), ornaments, deco border, monogram sets, proof presses, press and equipment parts, ink, cutters, cuts, dies, cabinets, cases, furniture and furniture cabinets; you get the picture–just ask, we’ll do our best to handle all requests! Auctiva Free Image Hosting. Show off your items with Auctiva’s Listing Templates. The item “Letterpress Wood Type 8 Line Garamond” is in sale since Tuesday, October 18, 2016. This item is in the category “Business & Industrial\Printing & Graphic Arts\Printing & Graphic Essentials\Type, Cuts & Printing Blocks”. The seller is “asteele71″ and is located in Indianapolis, Indiana. This item can be shipped worldwide.