Common Press Makers Blog

This blog serves to document the Typography of Independence project and contextualize it with monthly essays honoring the people and processes important to document production in the late 18th century.

A brief history of the Dunlap broadside and the Caslon type that was used to print it, for the Uncovered Narratives #1: Printing and Type in the Revolutionary era.

An introduction to The Typography of Independence and the Makers Blog

Common Press Makers Blog

Papermaking in the Revolutionary era

Printing and Type in the Revolutionary Era

Introduction to The Typography of Independence

Maps and More

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