Tea-Chest, a stencil type : specimen brochure issued by Stephenson Blake, Sheffield, c1950 - synopsis
Rober Harling, the noted designer, produced Tea-Chest for Stephenson Blake in 1939 but this brochure seems to date from c1950 and indeed states that ‘stencilled letter-forms have had no place in the spate of type designs which in recent years, has descended with such fury upon the unsuspecting printer and typographer.’ The brochure unsurprisingly makes much use of Chinese style graphics harking back to the tea trade and the sencils that were used to mark tea chests.
Tea-Chest, a stencil type : specimen brochure issued by Stephenson Blake, Sheffield, c1950 - synopsis
Rober Harling, the noted designer, produced Tea-Chest for Stephenson Blake in 1939 but this brochure seems to date from c1950 and indeed states that ‘stencilled letter-forms have had no place in the spate of type designs which in recent years, has descended with such fury upon the unsuspecting printer and typographer.’ The brochure unsurprisingly makes much use of Chinese style graphics harking back to the tea trade and the sencils that were used to mark tea chests.