Dard Hunter

William Joseph “Dard” Hunter (1883–1966) was an American authority on printing, paper, and papermaking, especially by hand, using sixteenth-century tools and techniques. He is known for producing two hundred copies of his book Old Papermaking: Hunter wrote the text, designed and cast the type, did the typesetting, handmade the paper, and printed and bound the book. Hunter was also active in the Arts and Crafts movement and founded a correspondence school, the Dard Hunter School of Handicrafts.