Typometry

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Typometry was a cartographic printing process that was used in the last third of the 18th and first half of the 19th century and made use of the stylistic and technical means of letterpress printing .

Individual evidence

  1. Typometry in the retro library
  2. Brockhaus Conversations-Lexikon Vol. 6. Amsterdam 1809, p. 262. ( Online )
  3. Restoration and conservation of the Ryhiner collection atlas, an extensive map collection from the 18th century in the City and University Library of Bern ( online (PDF file; 356 kB))