IMPROVEMENTS IN TYPE OR BLOCKS FOR PRINTING POSTERS AND THE LIKE
Year: 1884

page_text: We, ISAAC BROAD SHAW, of 25, High Street Tunstall, Printer, WILLIAM SIMEON
SHAW, of 6, Perry Street, Wolverhampton, Telegraphist, and EDMUND SAMUEL
SHAW, of 25 High Street, Tunstall, Printer, all in the County of Stafford do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN TYPE OR BLOCKS
FOR PRINTING POSTERS AND THE LIKE to be as follows:-
In carrying out this Invention we employ a fount of metal, wood, or composito
blocks, cut or cast to Printers' standard type height and spaces of corresponding
height, such blocks to be of various sizes and of Geometrical squares angles,
curves, etc., etc., also type cut in intaglio so that by their means and use a
compositor may construct a block-poster, &c (such as is now done by engraved
wood and metal blocks, and lithography,) in the same way or manner as he would
proceed to set up a combination border. The faces of such Geometrical blocks
may be either plain so as to show a solid ground when printed, or their faces may
be chequred, cross-lined, or of any device desired, showing an ornamental surface
when printed. When desired panels may be formed by such blocks &c into which
space, lines or paragraphs set in ordinary type may be inserted to work with such
Geometrically constructed poster forme.
These formes may be set up either in the negative or positive and may be used
for printing by transfer upon large sheets of iron, enamelled surfaces, ceramic slabs,
tiles, slates, marble, and the like.
ISAAC BROAD SHAW.
WILLIAM SIMEON SHAW.
EDMUND SAMUEL SHAW.

page_text: We, ISAAC BROAD SHAW, of 25 High Street, Tunstall, Printer, WILLIAM SIMEON
SHAW, of 6 Perry Street, Dudley Road, Wolverhampton, Telegraphist, and
EDMUND SAMUEL SHAW, of 25 High Street, Tunstall, printer, all in the County
of Stafford do hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
TYPE & BLOCKS FOR PRINTING POSTERS & THE LIKE and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
In carrying out this Invention we employ a fount of metal wood or composite
blocks cut or cast to printers' standard type height with spaces of corresponding
height such blocks to be cut to various sizes and ems pica or other typographic
standard and in Geometrical squares, angles, curves, &c also type cut in intaglio so
that by their means and use a compositor may construct a block poster &c such
as is now done by engraved wood and metal blocks and Lithography in the same
way and manner as a compositor would proceed to set up a combination border in
letter press printing.
The faces of such Geometrical blocks' may be either plain so as to show a solid
ground when printed or their faces may be chequred, cross-lined or of any device
desired showing an ornamental surface when printed. When desired panels may
be formed by such blocks etc into which space lines or paragraphs set in ordinary
type may be inserted and worked with such Geometrical poster forms. These
forms may be set up either in the positive or negative and may be used for
printing by transfer upon large sheets of iron enamelled surfaces, ceramic slabs,
tiles slates marbles and the like.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is performed we declare that what
we claim is―
The production of printing surfaces, etc, etc, by the combination of type high
Geometrical squares, curves, angles &c with plain or ornamental surfaces for
typographical poster printing and for printing by transfer upon rigid surfaces as
herein before set forth.