Discussing and printing some German type in our print shop

We are often asked if we have any type or fonts in languages other than English. We happen to have two examples and we thought today would be a good day to discuss it because September 14th is German Language Day. It is a day to highlight and promote the language worldwide.
In this video, Howard discussed and letterpress printed type from one of two German fonts that we have in our print shop exhibit. This font is German Text 38 point, which is an irregular font size. This font was made at the James Conner’s Sons Type Foundry in New York City sometime between 1861 and 1892.
The example Howard printed was the title of a textbook he read in his German language class in high school. The book is Emil und die Detektive (Emil and the Detective), which is a 1929 novel by Erich Kästner. This was printed with black rubber base ink using our Washington hand press.
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