The notations to the right of the image were inspired by Julius Nelson's book "Artyping (1939-1940), a book held bythe Sackner Archive. A composite image was produced of the black and red density gradients by merging the original typings in Photoshop. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The notations to the right of the image were inspired by Julius Nelson's book "Artyping (1939-1940), a book held bythe Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The notations to the right of the image were inspired by Julius Nelson's book "Artyping (1939-1940), a book held bythe Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

A Moire pattern is a secondary and visually evident superimposed pattern created when two usually transparent identical patterns on a surface (such as closely spaced grids or straight lines are overlaid while displaced or rotated a small amount from one another. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

A Moire pattern is a secondary and visually evident superimposed pattern created when two usually transparent identical patterns on a surface (such as closely spaced grids or straight lines are overlaid while displaced or rotated a small amount from one another. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The block letterforms with equal dimensions and spacings have positive/negative structures that give rise to optical effects. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This work is depicted on page 83 of Azcarate's catalogue "Liminal." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The book deals with definitions of the private press and includes 24 quotes from printers and critics in chronologic order by year beginning with 1897 and ending with 1979. The typographic styles for these quotes are varied in the tradition of fine press work. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.