an article in the typographic magazine Baseline led me to the 1885 ed. of the Barnhart Bros.' Pony specimen book and price list, a catalog for printers. the sample texts are wonderful concrete poems, and recall Bern Porter as well as the spam I've been getting lately:
filthy MINNESOTA alleys
(DBL. SM. PICA CLARENDON CONDENSED, $3.55)
PINCH CLEAN BABIES
LAMENTATION OF THE ESTHETICS
34 FATHER IS BALD NOW 56
(PICA VULCAN, $2.15)
FIRE
The Dude
Hard
(DOUBLE PICA ECLIPSE SHADED NO.2, $7.25)
(DBL. SM. PICA CLARENDON CONDENSED, $3.55)
PINCH CLEAN BABIES
LAMENTATION OF THE ESTHETICS
34 FATHER IS BALD NOW 56
(PICA VULCAN, $2.15)
FIRE
The Dude
Hard
(DOUBLE PICA ECLIPSE SHADED NO.2, $7.25)
One wonders whether the text was cribbed from extant print jobs, devised by copywriters of an unusual mindset, or simply designed to best show off a given typeface.
DENVER
Raging Storm
Eatland
(GREAT PRIMER ECLIPSE SHADED NO. 2, $6.30)
Raging Storm
Eatland
(GREAT PRIMER ECLIPSE SHADED NO. 2, $6.30)
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