Hand Composition

Type cabinets and their type cases were the basic elements of a hand composing room. Today these types are used to offer all interested visitors the secrets of "The Black Art". Anyone can set and print his own or any other poems, texts or playful typographic pictures.   
View into the composing room<br />Photo: Museum
Type case on a case rack<br />Photo: Museum
Composing sticks<br />Photo: Museum
Hand composition with a wooden composing stick<br />Photo: Museum
Galley with hand composed pages<br />Photo: Museum
 

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