oupacademic:In celebration of the European day of Languages on the 26thSeptember, here in the OUP Ar
oupacademic:In celebration of the European day of Languages on the 26thSeptember, here in the OUP Archives, we have a Victorian sample from the extensiveprint shop that was closed in 1989. This artefact shows a selection of the 900or so languages that Oxford University Press could print at that time. The characters shown werecut (on metal blocks) at the Oxford Press, by Mr John Streaks, who has alsomade the greater number of the electrotype matrices which are stated in thiswork to have been produced at the Press. Image courtesy of OUP Archives. -- source link