CopperPlate 18 pt. - Letterpress - Metal type - Printers Type

Description

This Auction is for a 18 point Font CopperPlate
This is a all caps font
Weighs in at approx. 6 Lbs 3 oz
All Pictures are enlarged for Clarity   Points are a measurement of the
Block Height which the letter is on. So the letter printing is smaller than
the block height.  When these were manufactured at the foundry they
were cataloged at the block height.
The below conversions are the block height:
12 pt is approx 1/8 inch        18 pt is approx 1/4 inch
24 pt is approx 5/16             36 pt is aprrox 1/2 inch
48 pt is approx 5/8 inch       60 pt is approx 13/16
72 pt is approx 1 inch          84 pt is approx 1 3/16 inch