Edmund G. (Edmund Geiger) Gress

Edmund G. Gress, also listed as Edmund Geiger Gress, lived from 1872 to 1934. He is best known as an American author on printing and typography whose books aimed to make a complicated trade easier to understand.

His best-known works include The American Handbook of Printing and The Art & Practice of Typography. From the surviving editions and library records available online, his books were published in the early 1900s by Oswald Publishing Company in New York and were written in a straightforward, instructional style for people who wanted both historical background and practical guidance.

Gress stands out for treating printing as both an art and a working profession. Rather than writing only for specialists, he organized information so readers could quickly learn about type, presses, paper, layout, and advertising use, which helps explain why his books have continued to be reprinted and digitized.