Tag Archives: wood type

POP! Goes the Weasel

October 2, 2009 – 2:56 pm

Richard Ardagh and Graham Bignell of  New North Press have just completed a new hand-printed letterpress poster and have added it to the redesigned  New North Press website and online shop.
“Established in 1986, New North Press is an artisan letterpress print studio based in London. We have a [...]

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Woodtyper – Notes on Large and Ornamented Type & Related Matters

July 14, 2009 – 9:29 pm

I’ve just had the pleasant surprise of discovering  Woodtyper, an online journal by  Nick Sherman that focusses on a subject close to my heart – wooden type! Nick states that he has been inspired to begin this online journal by the late Rob Roy Kelly and continues:
“I never had the pleasure of meeting Mr Kelly [...]

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Grafica Fildalga – Letterpress printers in São Paulo, Brazil

May 4, 2009 – 8:55 pm

Widely shared on Twitter, this movie is just too wonderful not to feature on my Blog. Filmed by  Cool Hunting Video, it shows Grafica Fidalga, a trio of letterpress printers in São Paulo, Brazil, who print wood type posters on a 1929 German cylinder printing press.

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