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<td style="width:45%"><img src="https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/printdept/1000/preview.jpg" alt=“Digital recreation of various pinmarks and manufacturer names from printing plates” style="width:516px;height:272px;"></td>
<td style="width:65%"><p>Pin marks are the printing world's version of maker's marks. It is made by imprinting a special character to indicate what company manufactured the cut. A print cut's maker can also be identified through the shape of the body of the block/cut. Often a number can be found in or around the pin mark, indicating the type size.</p><p>On the left is a digital recreation of some pin marks found on printing plates utilized by the Haldeman-Julius Company. Three companies or names that were identified are Barnhart Bros. & Spindler Chicago, Bruce, and American. All of the marks, with or without a company, have the type size with it. One mark, notably, is not a name, but a scribble.</p><p>Digital recreation by Angel Abshire</p></td>
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<td style="width:45%"><img src="https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/printdept/1000/preview.jpg" alt=“Digital recreation of various pinmarks and manufacturer names from printing plates” style="width:516px;height:272px;"></td>
<td style="width:65%"><p>Pin marks are the printing world's version of maker's marks. It is made by imprinting a special character to indicate what company manufactured the cut. A print cut's maker can also be identified through the shape of the body of the block/cut. Often a number can be found in or around the pin mark, indicating the type size.</p><p>On the left is a digital recreation of some pin marks found on printing plates utilized by the Haldeman-Julius Company. Three companies or names that were identified are Barnhart Bros. & Spindler Chicago, Bruce, and American. All of the marks, with or without a company, have the type size with it. One mark, notably, is not a name, but a scribble.</p><p>Digital recreation by Angel Abshire</p></td>
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Briar Press and David M. MacMillan have been wonderful resources to documenting pin marks. Future plans with this information are to identify approximate date and manufacture of the printing cuts in this collection. Mr. MacMillan has posted a book wrote by John S. Carroll "The Pin Mark; A Note on the Anatomy of Type " for resources.
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Little Blue Book Print Cut Pin/Maker's Mark samples
