Sans Tache 



IN THE "elder days of art" each artist or craftsman 

 enjoyed the privilege of independent creation. He 

 carried through a process of manufacture from be- 

 ginning to end. The scribe of the days before the printing 

 press was such a craftsman. So was the printer in the 

 days before the machine process. He stood or fell, as a 

 craftsman, by the merit or demerit of his finished product. 



Modem machine production has added much to the work- 

 er's productivity and to his material welfare; but it has 

 deprived him of the old creative distinctiveness. His work 

 is merged in the work of the team, and lost sight of as some- 

 thing representing him and his personality. 



Many hands and minds contribute to the manufacture of a 

 book, in this day of specialization. There are seven dis- 

 tinct major processes in the making of a book: The type 

 must first be set; by the monotype method, there are two 

 processes, the "keyboarding" of the MS and the casting of 

 the type from the perforated paper rolls thus produced. 

 Formulas and other intricate work must be hand-set; then 

 the whole brought together ("composed") in its true order, 

 made into pages and forms. The results must be checked 

 by proof reading at each stage. Then comes the "make- 

 ready" and press-run and finally the binding into volumes. 



All of these processes, except that of binding into cloth or 

 leather covers, are carried on under our roof. 



