Sans Tache 



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

 enjoyed the privilege of independent creation. He car- 

 ried 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 be- 

 fore 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 work- 

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

 prived 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 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 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. 



