Accession Number: 2007.31.1
Description: Embossed specimen of three raised letter types on one page: "Friedlander's Roman Capital," "Howe's boston lower case," and Kneass' Improved Combined." At top center is the heading "Printing for the Blind." Page was composed by "N.B. Kneass, Jr., a Blind Printer."
Height: 10.5
Width: 7.25
Date Made: ca. 1867
Place of Origin: [Philadelphia]
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2007.31
Subjects: Line letter Printing and writing systems Tactile printing history
Made: Kneass, Napoleon B., Jr.
Material: Paper
Updated: 06/28/2021