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 

 beginning 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. 



Modern machine production has added much to the 

 worker's productivity and to his material welfare; but 

 it has deprived him of the old creative distinctive- 

 ness. His work is merged in the work of the team, 

 and lost sight of as something representing him and 

 his personality. 



Many hands and minds contribute to the manufacture 

 of a book, in this day of specialization. There are 

 seven distinct 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 to- 

 gether ("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. 



