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<p>[QUOTE="WFN, post: 2726602, member: 86967"]The most dominant typeface style used in publishing within the early United States was Caslon, designed by engraver William Caslon in London. This is the typeface style used in letter punches at the First US Mint. Jacob Bay was employed at the Mint cutting punches and coining until he died of yellow fever in the summer of 1793, Frederick Guyer took over as the punch cutter at the Mint after Bay died, and later punches were purchased from local typefounders/punch cutters (sources: <i>Typefounding in America</i>, Rollo Silver, and <i>Anatomy of a Typeface</i>, Alexander Lawson. Also National Archives Record Group 104, and numerous 18th century American published books that I own).</p><p><br /></p><p>The lettering was fairly consistent in style at the Mint, numerals had much more variance. Since Scot stated "letter punches excepted," I would not group numerals in with the letters unless more evidence is found.</p><p><br /></p><p>Engraved copperplate and silver was usually done in roundhand script, which Robert Scot was very proficient at and sought after - George Turner, Secretary of the Society of the Cincinnati, called Scot "the only engraver, perhaps, on the Continent, that can do it justice" when employing Scot to engrave the decorative roundhand script on the Society diploma.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WFN, post: 2726602, member: 86967"]The most dominant typeface style used in publishing within the early United States was Caslon, designed by engraver William Caslon in London. This is the typeface style used in letter punches at the First US Mint. Jacob Bay was employed at the Mint cutting punches and coining until he died of yellow fever in the summer of 1793, Frederick Guyer took over as the punch cutter at the Mint after Bay died, and later punches were purchased from local typefounders/punch cutters (sources: [I]Typefounding in America[/I], Rollo Silver, and [I]Anatomy of a Typeface[/I], Alexander Lawson. Also National Archives Record Group 104, and numerous 18th century American published books that I own). The lettering was fairly consistent in style at the Mint, numerals had much more variance. Since Scot stated "letter punches excepted," I would not group numerals in with the letters unless more evidence is found. Engraved copperplate and silver was usually done in roundhand script, which Robert Scot was very proficient at and sought after - George Turner, Secretary of the Society of the Cincinnati, called Scot "the only engraver, perhaps, on the Continent, that can do it justice" when employing Scot to engrave the decorative roundhand script on the Society diploma.[/QUOTE]
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