Letterpress, Monotype hand-set metal type
2.5" x 3.5"
The C.C. Stern Type Foundry issues new cards annually to supporters who donate to the organization. Each guild card is printed in a small edition.
Type is recently cast hand-set Monotype 10pt. Bulmer 462 and 18pt. Bulmer Italic cast in 2003 at Monotype University. The ornaments were recently unearthed in a reorganization of the galleys in the print shop and appear to be rarely used American Type Foundry BI1056 and BI1055 (reference is the Monotype Corporation Fleurons broadside). Unfortunately, I don’t recall where or when we procured this sweet little box of ornamental border material.
