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slab serif In typography, a slab serif (also called ''mechanistic'', ''square serif'', ''antique'' or ''Egyptian'') typeface is a type of serif typeface characterized by thick, block-like serifs. Serif terminals may be either blunt and angular ( Rockwell), ...

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letterpress Letterpress printing is a technique of relief printing. Using a printing press, the process allows many copies to be produced by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against sheets or a continuous roll of paper. A worker comp ...

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designed by William Hamilton PageConsuegra, David, ''American Type Design & Designers,'' Allworth Press, New York City, pp. 204-213. and first shown in his company's 1865 catalog. The face is nearly monoline in its stroke width and lacks the over-ornamentation typical of both Page's faces and of other nineteenth century letterpress types.

References

*''Specimen Book and Price List of Printing Material.'' Palmer & Rey, San Francisco: 1892. {{reflist Slab serif typefaces Wood typefaces Digital typefaces 1865 introductions