[a packet of specimens from Stevens, Shanks & Sons] IvesItems and distributed by the above

and distributed by the above and Harold Hugo of the Meriden Gravure Company (due south of Northampton [more or less])

Just think how hard it is to put our twenty-six letters to good use

But why this prospectus of forthcoming Marees Gesellschafte publications is interesting is that the cover

It focuses on the mathematical modularity of the Antiqua alphabet

and an important designer (Zahn)

[a packet of specimens from Stevens, Shanks & Sons] IvesItems and distributed by the aboveFonts in Use reports that the English foundry Stevens, Shanks & Sons was formed in 1933 after merging P. M. Shanks and Sons with Figgins. And thats all we know about this foundry because weve not done any more research. Weve just looked at whats in front of us. We count nine cards with full alphabet showings of historic metal types. Were talking Antique 3 and Antique 5 and Clarence Condensed and Figgins Shaded and Antique 6 and so on. (Were looking at