Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Typography

Cafe,

Another gem from the MapHist discussion list, this time courtesy of J. 
B. Post:

http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/02/sanborn-fire-insurance-map-typography.html

The very fine collection of

	"Title pages, headings and letterforms clipped, cropped and
	isolated from maps and map publications issued between about
	1880 and 1920"

presented here is followed by an interesting debate over whether or 
not this sort of art should even be categorized as "typography" (vs. 
"lettering" or "calligraphy").

In haste,
Deborah
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Deborah Taylor-Pearce
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