Monthly Archives: March 2009

Letterpress work from JMG on Le Cool

March 26, 2009 – 7:38 pm

I was delighted this morning to happen upon a wonderfully creative piece of letterpress work, by Ross Shaw and Jon Kielty of  JMG, on the cover of the current edition of  Le Cool.
Ross, Jon and myself collaborate under the guise of  The Occasional Print Club, along with Pat Randle, producing experimental letterpress work in [...]

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Stern metal type from the Rimmer Type Foundry

March 18, 2009 – 8:07 pm

Following the release last July of the typeface Stern, designed by Jim Rimmer, a great deal of willpower had to be summonsed to prevent me from placing an order for the metal version of the typeface. Unfairly placed just above an image of a shimmering newly cast fount of Stern, the ‘Order’ button on  [...]

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…But I love Typography!

March 3, 2009 – 12:29 pm

This letterpress printed postcard was sent to me, some years ago, by Masao Takaoka; proprietor of  The Kazui Press in Tokyo. It is one of my favourite pieces of letterpress ephemera, that I have in my collection. I received it along with an enormous bundle of beautifully printed samples from  The Kazui Press and a [...]

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