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Norman Thompson Aeisler Munder (1867–1953) was a printer and typographer, and a pioneer in modern printing. ==Printing History== Norman Munder and his company, Norman T.A. Munder & Co., of Baltimore, was well respected and won numerous awards. The Maryland Room at the Enoch Pratt Free Library holds over ten boxes of his prints. Among other firms, he printed for advertisers such as Alexander Brothers and was a contributor to "PM" magazine. He received the international award for color printing and black-and-white Halftone at the San Francisco Exposition in 1915. In a 1920 Printing exhibition, he won the gold medal award - the highest award available, from the American Institute of Graphic Arts. And in the same year, he co-authored the "Report of First Meeting and Dinner, Tendered to the Apprentices by the Typothetae of Washington, D.C." Norman's designs for printed books (and books on printing), poetry broadsides, maps, pamphlets, reproduced etchings, historical documents, greeting cards, and other ephemera, are numerous and well documented on the internet, in bookstores and libraries. His publications include a book on the origin of the alphabet, a treatise on the Japanese cherry trees of Washington, and a book on William Henry Rinehart, the Baltimore sculptor. He also printed the first book of ''Gulliver's Travels'' for the Limited Editions Club, and in 1925 he wrote and published ''Advertising of Truth''. In 1929, L.J. Hawley wrote ''A Man Named Munder'', an unofficial biography, printed by Munder & Co. And during his lifetime, the ''Baltimore Sun'' gave him a tribute regarding the decision of who should print L.C. Wroth's manuscript of ''A History of Printing in Colonial Maryland'' (a definitive study of the origins of letterpress craftsmanship), the job being given to Munder & Co.: "...Mr Munder printed more books than anyone has counted...it was never in his nature to treat any book cavalierly. It was his habit to regard a manuscript as an achievement and an opportunity for artistic embellishment. Mr Munder went on to undertake commissions for millionaires, art collectors, schools, libraries and museums. His reproductions and type arrangements were marvels of taste and clarity; his attention to the finer points of binding and paper was no less meticulous." Munder also designed the Munder frame — a special frame that holds printed poetry (sixteen prints at a time), so any poem in the frame can be moved to the front, while all the poems behind are still contained. A 1940 ''Baltimore Sun'' article by Amy Grief describes "a visit to his large, sunny office, situated conveniently near the print shop, where he can hear the sond of his beloved presses and be accessible to anyone who comes to him for advice, reveals a small, rubicund cheerful man with white hair, keen blue eyes and a general Pickwickian air... very genial, very approachable, very kindly." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Norman T.A. Munder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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