[EKStationers] Using Crane's paper

[mandy poirier]

Would you know if there is a common size for the watermarks in/of the laid paper used during 
our period?
 
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Greit
 > Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:38:27 -0500> From: gray at cs.umass.edu> To: ekstationers at lists.gallowglass.org> Subject: RE: [EKStationers] Using Crane's paper> > On Mon, 5 Mar 2007, mandy poirier wrote:> > > Hi, sadly I can't say right off which books would have used> > that particular paper, but there are many drawings from our> > late period floating around that all seem to be done on laid> > paper and many modern book crafters preferr laid paper...> > so I'd be curious to learn more myself :)> > Well, it's kind of simple -- books made in period that used paper> used laid paper, of two main types: Laid on screens, or laid on> linen. The Crane paper that we used had visible lines on the> surface as if it were laid on screens in the making, as well as> the imprint of the Crane crest. I like it because of that, and> also because it provides lines for nice neat writing. ;-)> > But it costs $34.00 plus shipping per ream (500 sheets), so it's> not cheap (to put it in perspective -- the paper I use in the> printer (20#) costs between $3.00 and $6.00 per ream, depending> on the type I'm using).> > Lyle> > -- > Lyle H. Gray> gray at cs.umass.edu -- text only, please> http://members.verizon.net/~vze3wwx7> --> Shared knowledge is preserved knowledge.> > _______________________________________________> Ekstationers mailing list> Ekstationers at lists.gallowglass.org> http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/ekstationers
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