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Kestro uses archival engraving and letterpress photography rather than stock imagery of people pretending to be its users. Everything below is public domain or openly licensed, reproduced here with its source and licence. Crops and duotone treatment are ours.

  1. 01
    Engraved banknote vignette: three masons building a wall on a scaffold.

    Banknote vignette showing three men on a scaffold laying a brick wall

    Engraved banknote vignette: three masons building a wall on a scaffold.

    Creator
    Asher Brown Durand
    Licence
    CC0 1.0
    Source
    met
  2. 02
    Engraved banknote vignette: two miners working underground by lamplight.

    Banknote vignette showing two men working in a mine

    Engraved banknote vignette: two miners working underground by lamplight.

    Creator
    Asher Brown Durand
    Licence
    CC0 1.0
    Source
    met
  3. 03
    Engraved banknote vignette: allegorical figures seated beside a harbour.

    Banknote vignette with female figures representing Liberty and Justice

    Engraved banknote vignette: allegorical figures seated beside a harbour.

    Creator
    Asher Brown Durand
    Licence
    CC0 1.0
    Source
    met
  4. 04
    Nineteenth-century engraving of a hand-operated printing press.

    Printing: three-quarter view Bacon &

    Nineteenth-century engraving of a hand-operated printing press.

    Creator
    Unknown
    Licence
    CC0 1.0
    Source
    rawpixel
  5. 05
    Technical diagram of a filter press with a numbered key beneath it.

    'Presse Bréval'

    Technical diagram of a filter press with a numbered key beneath it.

    Licence
    CC PDM 1.0
    Source
    flickr
  6. 06
    Photograph of a twelve-ton steel vault door standing open at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

    Bureau Engraving & Printing. Twelve-ton

    Photograph of a twelve-ton steel vault door standing open at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

    Creator
    libraryofcongress
    Licence
    CC0 1.0
    Source
    rawpixel
  7. 07
    Row of labelled letterpress type-case drawers in a wooden cabinet.

    Type case letterpress drawer

    Row of labelled letterpress type-case drawers in a wooden cabinet.

    Creator
    Unknown
    Licence
    CC0 1.0
    Source
    rawpixel
  8. 08
    A hand holding a metal composing stick filled with set type.

    Composing stick

    A hand holding a metal composing stick filled with set type.

    Creator
    addedentry
    Source
    flickr
  9. 09
    Archival photograph of a clerk taking notes at a desk with a telephone and typewriter.

    /Public Library, Country Exchange Service

    Archival photograph of a clerk taking notes at a desk with a telephone and typewriter.

    Licence
    CC PDM 1.0
    Source
    flickr

Type: Instrument Serif and Instrument Sans by Instrument, JetBrains Mono by JetBrains — all under the SIL Open Font License. Paper grain and engraving hatch generated for this project.