printers' lingo: by steven heller

These cards with "Exotic and Unusual Printing Terms" were printed two or more decades ago at Bowne & Co., Stationers (which reopened last year) at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City.  Bowne & Co. is New York's oldest existing business, founded in 1775 by merchant and philanthropist, Robert Bowne. today it introduces visitors to the craft of 19th century "letterprinting."