The Ship that Sailed to Mars · Selected-page restoration study
Source sheet 5
Source sheet 5 corresponds to page 1 of the selected-page PDF. The source is proportionally resized for display; page numbering and layout differ.
Restoration demonstration · 1923
The Ship that Sailed to Mars
Hand lettering, narrative pages and five colour plates, rebuilt as a readable illustrated selection.
- Author
- William M. Timlin
- Edition
- George G. Harrap, London, 1923
- Language
- English
- Result
- Selected pages · 9-page PDF
Nine selected source sheets include the title, contents, two narrative pages and five colour illustrations. Eight partial reconstructed typefaces cover the hand lettering, titles and folios. The blue initial S is a separate searchable glyph rebuilt from its source outline; two missing characters use a separate fallback font.
Title ornaments, heading placement and a terminal ornament follow the source composition. Ordinary text, vector ornaments and illustrations remain separate objects; some decorative initials remain graphics.
Generative illustration reconstruction changes faces, brushwork, signatures and colour. This is a restoration study, not a facsimile. Narrative excerpts can continue beyond the selection.
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The Ship that Sailed to Mars · Selected-page restoration study
Source sheet 9
Source sheet 9 corresponds to page 2 of the selected-page PDF. The source is proportionally resized for display; page numbering and layout differ.
The Ship that Sailed to Mars · Selected-page restoration study
Source sheet 11
Source sheet 11 corresponds to page 3 of the selected-page PDF. The source is proportionally resized for display; page numbering and layout differ.
The Ship that Sailed to Mars · Selected-page restoration study
Source sheet 27
Source sheet 27 corresponds to page 4 of the selected-page PDF. The source is proportionally resized for display; page numbering and layout differ.
The Ship that Sailed to Mars · Selected-page restoration study
Source sheet 40
Source sheet 40 corresponds to page 5 of the selected-page PDF. The source is proportionally resized for display; page numbering and layout differ.
The Ship that Sailed to Mars · Selected-page restoration study
Source sheet 66
Source sheet 66 corresponds to page 6 of the selected-page PDF. The source is proportionally resized for display; page numbering and layout differ.
The Ship that Sailed to Mars · Selected-page restoration study
Source sheet 118
Source sheet 118 corresponds to page 7 of the selected-page PDF. The source is proportionally resized for display; page numbering and layout differ.
The Ship that Sailed to Mars · Selected-page restoration study
Source sheet 144
Source sheet 144 corresponds to page 8 of the selected-page PDF. The source is proportionally resized for display; page numbering and layout differ.
The Ship that Sailed to Mars · Selected-page restoration study
Source sheet 170
Source sheet 170 corresponds to page 9 of the selected-page PDF. The source is proportionally resized for display; page numbering and layout differ.
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The Ship that Sailed to Mars
Hand lettering, narrative pages and five colour plates, rebuilt as a readable illustrated selection.
ship-mars-timlin-selected-pages.pdf
Historical typefaces · The Ship that Sailed to Mars
Hand lettering, made reusable.
Eight partial typefaces capture the body hand, contents lettering, title and small capitals, two chapter-capital styles, imprint and folios. The broad chapter capitals retain the proportions of the Prince heading.
From a printed word to repeatable type.
Repeated handwritten letters vary in the source. A reusable glyph represents a chosen form, not every individual impression. These are partial sets with approximate spacing; an additional blue S in the PDF is a separate source glyph. The source words shown here were used during reconstruction; they are not independent accuracy tests. Specimens are proportionally sized for display, without stretching a word to match the source width.
These are experimental typefaces. A printed proof has not been reviewed. A distribution license has not been specified, so no standalone font download or CC0 release is offered. Explore the restoration methods →
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The historical edition
Maastricht University Library · MU KPB 020. William M. Timlin · George G. Harrap, London, 1923. Source credit: Maastricht University Library, MU KPB 020. The item record lists CC BY 4.0, while the library’s general terms state CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Those differing terms require clarification before treating the digital copy as freely reusable. Typography and artwork have been reconstructed and comparison images resized; no CC0 claim is made.
What was checked
The source project checked the PDF export against canonical text, page bounds, source crops and final compositions. No independent second editorial proofread was performed; reconstructed detail is interpretive, not a facsimile.
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