Updike was a well known printer of the post-Morris 20th century printing revival, but he was also as known for his rejection of Morris’s philosophy.  Daniel Berkeley Updike had a critical, but realistic, view of Morris’s success as a printer. He founded the Merrymount Press in 1893.

Updike initially followed Morris’s style, but later adopted 17th, 18th, and early 19th century models. He had several fonts cut for him and did a great deal of work for the Episcopal Church. Like Dard Hunter, Updike was a student of printing history and published his book, Printing Types; Their History, Forms and Use, in 1922.

 

  • A profile portrait of Updike. A photograph in black in white of an older man with a short haircut
    A portrait of Updike
  • A man seated in a library-like study. He is reading with bookshelves surrounding him.
    Updike in his study
  • One page with black test and numbering. The title on the page is "May."
    An example included in Updike’s ‘The Well-made Book’
  • One page of text with most of the text in black and some in red
    A print example which is included in Updike’s ‘The Well-Made Book’, this page comes from ‘St. George’s Chapel’
  • A title page with illustrations in red and text in black
    The title page of Updike’s ‘Records of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries’
  • A two page spread with margin notes in red
    A spread from ‘Records of Journeys’, which shows Updike used similar conventions to Morris in his use of red and black.