Category Archives: Typesetting

Upside Down, Left To Right: A letterpress film

January 30, 2012 – 10:14 pm

A short film by  Danny Cooke about letterpress and one of the few remaining movable-type printing workshops in the UK, situated at Plymouth University, featuring Paul Collier. plymouth.ac.uk

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‘Ink & Paper’ documentary by Ben Proudfoot

January 13, 2012 – 1:21 am

A short documentary about the  Aardvark Press, one of the last letterpress printers in Los Angeles and  McManus & Morgan Paper, Los Angeles’ oldest artist paper distributor.

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Whittington Press Open Day 2011

September 1, 2011 – 2:03 pm

We will returning to Whittington again this year, on Saturday 3rd September, for the annual Whittington Press open day, where we will be exhibiting our letterpress work, posters and greeting cards. We are looking forward to meeting up with old friends, fellow letterpress printers, booksellers, engravers, marblers and others who will also be exhibiting their [...]

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Bill’s Linotype

June 2, 2009 – 12:10 pm

I couldn’t resist posting this beautifully shot and rather enchanting movie, by J. Shimon & J. Lindemann, that explores a craftsmans’ relationship with the machinery of his trade. Although this film features Bill Malley (1938-2004) and his Linotype machine, I have met a great many craftsman who, like Bill, developed a great affinity for their [...]

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Old English type body sizes

May 11, 2009 – 8:43 pm

Prior to 1737, little standardisation existed in the sizes of printing types and typefounders cast types to their own sizes and dimensions. In this year, the Parisian typefounder Pierre Simon Fournier introduced a new system that he derived from dividing two inches of the pre-metric French foot into one hundred and forty-four equal parts. Fournier [...]

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How to use a Composing Stick movie

April 27, 2009 – 12:52 pm

I am grateful to Johno over at We Love Typography for letting me know about this movie. Enjoy!

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