Lettering for School by Muriel Judson, Dryad Handicrafts, Leicester - title page, c1928
Dryad Handicrafts produced many handbooks on arts and crafts and indeed are still around, in a later form, today. Founded in Leicester by Harry H Peach the company championed the importance of handicrafts and was massively important in the educational field, providing information and equipment by mail order. This is the title page to 'Lettering for Schools', published in c1928 - using 'Vesta' typeface . The booklet was itself printed to a high standard, coming from the famous Kynoch Press in Birmingham, the company in-house printers of ICI who undertook outside contracts and were very highly regarded printers in their own right.
Lettering for School by Muriel Judson, Dryad Handicrafts, Leicester - title page, c1928
Dryad Handicrafts produced many handbooks on arts and crafts and indeed are still around, in a later form, today. Founded in Leicester by Harry H Peach the company championed the importance of handicrafts and was massively important in the educational field, providing information and equipment by mail order. This is the title page to 'Lettering for Schools', published in c1928 - using 'Vesta' typeface . The booklet was itself printed to a high standard, coming from the famous Kynoch Press in Birmingham, the company in-house printers of ICI who undertook outside contracts and were very highly regarded printers in their own right.