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Show Leader in Printing Industry Theodore Low De Vinne, the famous fa-mous printer, was born at Stamford, Stam-ford, Conn., in 1828. He learned the printer's trade and was an employe and later a partner of Francis Hart, New York. Afti.-r the latter's death the firm in 1883 became Theodore De Vinne & Co. He began to print St. Nicholas Magazine Mag-azine in 1873 and the Century in 1374. He organized the National Typoihetae Society and became its president in 1896. De Vinns made notable improvements in typeg-raphy typeg-raphy and wrote a number of books on printing. |