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MARSHALL BRASS TYPE
Our brass type is designed and manufactured specifically for gold & blind blocking by hand or machine, wherever heavy pressure and heat is needed. Made from very hard brass, it is engraved deeply and cleanly to a high standard, assuring good definition on Plastics, Vinyls, Leathers and all weights of card.
Marshall type is normally manufactured in two heights: -
- Printers Type Height - 0.919" (23.3mm)
- Blocking Height - 0.250" (6.3mm)
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* REFER TO LEFT HAND COLUMNS ON EACH TYPE PAGE A = POINT SIZE OR BODY SIZE B = MEASUREMENT OF FACE IN MM'S C = APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS PER 50MM'S LENGTH |
Brass type is measured from foot to face, and is engraved flush to the top of body, with a beard at the bottom. If required we will engrave it centrally on the body.
Point size refers to body size, e.g. 18pt type will be 18pt body with approximate size face on it. 1 point = 0.01387". There are 72 points to the inch.
The smallest type body made is 8pt, 6pt type is engraved on 8pt body with the shoulder milled away.
Marshall Type body sizes are always accurately maintained to ensure perfect alignment.
Concave type, in steel or brass is made in 6 point and 8 point ONLY and in styles RUTLAND or CORONATION. Other styles and sizes by arrangement.
ENGRAVED BRASS TYPE COMPOSITIONS
Experience has shown that the following formats are the most useful, but any combination can be supplied to suit your needs.
Combination of 100 piece font
Uppercase Letters, Numbers & Punctuation
| Character: | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
| Quantity: | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Character: | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | & | - | . | , | ` | Æ | oe |
| Quantity: | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Combination of 150 piece font
Uppercase Letters, Numbers & Punctuation
| Character: | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
| Quantity: | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Character: | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | & | - | . | , | ` | Æ | oe |
| Quantity: | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Combination of 100 piece font
Lowercase Letters Only
| Character: | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z |
| Quantity: | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
For lowercase it is possible to order additional numbers provided 100 pieces are ordered. (this applies only when numbers are available for the particular font)
Additional Characters
Additional punctuation, fractions, accents, etc. can be supplied as extras.
| Character: | ! | ? | : | ; | / | = | % | 1/8 | ¼ | 3/8 | ½ | 5/8 | ¾ | 7/8 | £ | $ | ¢ | { | } |
BRASS TYPE SPACERS
A set of quads and spaces consists of twelve quads of various widths and fifty hair spaces.
All type is supplied British Standard high 0.919" (23.3 mm) unless otherwise requested.
TYPEFACES
The following typefaces are available. Each link will take you to a tiff image which is A4 in size and is ideal for creating a hardcopy of the typeface. Most versions of microsoft windows should be capable of viewing / printing the tiff images with the viewer which is installed as standard. We have found, however, that some users are having difficulty viewing the tiff images so we have added a png link, for each page, as an alternative. There are two typefaces laid out on each page.
English Character Sets
- Adonis Extended (png)
- American Script (png)
- American Uncial (png)
- Americana Extra Bold (png)
- Art Nouveau (png)
- Baskerville (png)
- Camberwell (png)
- Caslon Bold (png)
- Caslon Bold Condensed (png)
- Celtic Script (png)
- Centaur (png)
- Cheltenham Old Style (png)
- Chichester Regular (png)
- Chichester Italic (png)
- Chichester Light Condensed (png)
- Coronation (png)
- Devon (png)
- Edinburgh (png)
- Elizabethan (png)
- Engravers Roman (png)
- Engravers Roman Outline (png)
- Fournier (png)
- Fraktur (png)
- Frutiger (png)
- Gill Sans (png)
- Gloucester (png)
- Goudy Old Style (png)
- Granby Condensed (png)
- Grotesque No.9 (png)
- Helvetica Light (png)
- Helvetica Medium (png)
- Kent (png)
- Mercury Light Script (png)
- News Gothic Condensed (png)
- Old English (png)
- Optima (png)
- Optima Medium (png)
- Pascal (png)
- Plantin Bold (png)
- Plantin Bold Condensed (png)
- Playbill (png)
- Pretorian (png)
- Rutland (png)
- Trajan Roman (png)
- Tiffany Extended Bold (png)
- Tiffany Extended Light (png)
- Times New Roman (png)
- Times New Roman Condensed (png)
- Univers 57 (png)
- Univers 59 (png)
- Univers 65 (png)
- Univers 49 (png)
- Victoriana (png)
- Winchester Old Style Italic (png)
- Windsor Elongated (png)
- York (png)
International Character Sets
- Hebrew Stam (png)
- Arabic Naskhi (png)
- Russian Times Roman (png)
- Russian Helvetica Light (png)
- Greek (png)
ACCESSORIES
Wood Type Cabinets
These are strongly constructed, polished wood cabinets, with six individually compartmented drawers. Each drawer is capable of housing two sets of small type or one of large with sections for quads & spacers. The cabinets have a back support to hold the drawers at a convenient angle whilst typesetting.
Overall size 14.25" x 10.5" x 9.5".
Slip Cases
Slip cases simplify typesetting by enabling each lien of type to be composed independently and then locked together with the turn of a screw.
Standard Slip Cases
These strong slip cases are made in steel with brass ends. They are available in single, double and treble lines with 2", 3" and 4" lengths.
Other lengths, up to 10", can be made to order.
Economy Slip Cases
These strong steel slip cases are made with one brass end only, in 4" lengths, single line.
Composing Trough
A useful accessory for holding slipcases at a convenient angle whilst composing type.
Self-Centreing Typeholder
Specially designed.