Archived entries for letterpress
Moveable Type Truckn’
On Monday, April 2, The Mandate Press hosted Kyle Durrie and her Moveable Type Truck. Mandate proprietor, Ben Webster, a real stand-up guy, invited the Book Arts Program to set up a table during the event to promote our classes, workshops, and a recently completed book. During the event, I had the pleasure of meeting Brent Rowland, a really talented photographer. Brent captured some beautiful images of Kyle and visitors printing.
This ain’t no foolin’ around. Inside the Type Truck.
In addition to a Showcard sign press (used to print the type layer in the keepsake), Kyle has this sweet little Golding Official on board.
It’s always great to see Virgin Wood Type products (in this case, Antique Extended) out in the world, doin’ good. Type Truck spreadin’ the gospel.
The legend herself, Kyle Durrie, taking a photograph of Mandate’s Vandercook No. 4, the press used to print the honeycomb layer for the keepsake.
Big thanks to Kyle Durrie, generous host, Ben Webster, and the whole crew at The Mandate Press, for a great afternoon.
Take Note
Only two days left to take advantage of the Felt & Wire Finds promotional pricing on Smart & Wiley’s latest product, the colorful Take Note memo pad sets. Each set includes two wiro bound memo pads made of letterpress proof sheets from various S&W projects, a latex-free rubber band, and an imprinted pencil made of sustainable materials.
(un)touch(ed) and ±printing
Check out my post at the Vista Sans Wood Type Project to see how I got from the doodles above to the print below, and along the way developed a technique (plus-minus printing) for safely and effectively editioning masked wood type.
(un)touch(ed)
2012
3 color letterpress
17.25 × 24 inches
Detail showing the printed grain of the unshellacked Vista Sans, the hand-cut linoleum counterforms, and type-high brass rules.
Specimen Sunday
Woodtype: Selective Emphasis for Fine Typography by Hamilton, 1960, page 13. Download (right click on link) a high resolution image.
12 line Trenton
Called Trenton by Morgans & Wilcox and Hamilton (also No. 168), this modified/modulated Gothic, with its miniscule, Runic-like serifs made its first appearance as No. 157 in Wm. H. Page’s 1888 Specimens of Machine Cut Wood Type! David Shields corrected Rob Roy Kelly’s identification of Hamilton as the originator.
This scan is from a facsimile edition, printed by Pioneer Press of W. Va., Inc. The original is in the collection of Dave Peat.
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Wood Type Research
Photo, David Shields
Shields analyzes planing patterns on the feet of wood type blocks to determine provenance
Over at Wood Type Research, David Shields, design curator of the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection, has quietly been posting the most important contemporary academic research of the history and manufacture of wood type. Shields is in the process of migrating content from his woodtyperesearch.tumblr.com. On top of his generosity to the design, type, and letterpress communities he’s a damned nice fellow.
30/33 line Futura Bold
Accommodating the descending tail requires three additional picas. All other capitals in this font are 30 picas.