March 2012
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Image of the Day
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best thing
See the full gallery on Posterous A simple way to tell someone how you really feel about them. This card is individually typeset and pressed on French Paper company’s Speckletone kraft paper, using an Adana platen press from 1953. Type is set in Clarendon 12pt semi-bold, and pressed in royal blue ink. Inside reads, “And you taste better, too!” Printed on a size 4Bar...
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special order thank you
(see full image)➽ These special order ‘Thank you’ cards were crafted using 36pt Futura type and a full block floral print. Inked with a light blue on French Paper Company’s Speckletone paper, the result was subtle and beautiful.
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REVIVAL! Uncharted Paths Give New Perspectives
Screened at the 2012 Southern Graphics Council International conference
New Orleans, LA
How can run-down letterpresses be restored and updated to work with new technologies?
This video serves as a guide for those who wish to renovate their equipment while incorporating new approaches to printmaking. Four students and their...
kraft
➽ These 4Bar sized cards are perfect for a quick ‘Thank You’ note. Heck, you could even mail them in a matching kraft envelope. You know what kraft is, right? It’s just like the brown paper bag material – the one you’d find at your local grocer. Made of 100% recycled paper. Handsome. Durable. Efficient. Made in America.
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Lucy Dexeter: Alan Kitching (Letterpress) →
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Alan Kitching works in typography and uses letterpress primarily in his work. I like the effect of letterpress because it presents interesting spots and fades that are often individual to each press. This is something that I would really like to appear in my posters to make them unique to each…
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SGCI conference
Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:00 – 1:45 p.m.
Sheraton Hotel, Grand Ballroom C
New Orleans, LA
How can run-down letterpresses be restored and updated to work with new technologies?
This video serves as a guide for those who wish to renovate their equipment while incorporating new approaches to printmaking. Four students and their professor describe how they...
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What we want to do:
We here at the International Printing Museum seek to rescue a collection of approximately 100 full fonts of antique Ludlow Typecasting matrices, catalog & organize the fonts into our working collection & digitize Ludlow Type Specimen books with notes on available fonts for letterpress projects. Along with the Museum’s other metal, wood type fonts,...
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That's Impressive: Promoting Letterpress
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A promotional pack from printers Glasgow Press, designed by graphic designer Kerr Vernon.
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monogram note cards
See the full gallery on Posterous ➽ Monogram note cards. 48pt Goudy Hand Tooled type.
For the morning crowd: check out this post I wrote... →