I have just returned from the third Letterpress Workers International Summit, organised and hosted by Officina Novepunti. Located at Leoncavallo, Milan, between the 18th to 22nd June, the event was attended by international letterpress designers and printers, from as far afield as Mexico. A large selection of printing presses and collection of wood type were […]
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Also posted in craft, letterpress, printing, Typesetting, typography, wood type
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Tagged 2014, Justin Knopp, Leoncavallo, letterpress, Milan, Milano, Officina Novepunti, Typoretum, wood type, woodletter
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November 17, 2013 – 10:21 pm
We are loving these lino cut A-Z alphabet prints, designed and printed by London based illustrator James Brown. Each letter of the alphabet is available – strictly limited to 100 signed & numbered copies – from James’s online shop.
September 14, 2013 – 6:26 pm
Here at Typoretum, we have embarked on an ambitious project to create a limited edition portfolio of experimental designs printed directly from wooden types. The book will be letterpress printed on Victorian printing machines and will feature over 200 individual wood type faces from the private collection of Justin Knopp, founder of Typoretum. The estimated […]
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Also posted in books, craft, designs, Justin Knopp, letterpress, printing, Typesetting, typography, Typoretum, wood type, woodletter
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Tagged book, design, experimental, limited edition, Type, typography, Typoretum, wood type, woodletter
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August 21, 2013 – 11:17 am
Over recent months I have greatly enjoyed following Bunkertype on Pinterest – http://pinterest.com/bunkertype/ – in part due to our common admiration and respect for the letterpress work of H.N. Werkman. Based in Barcelona, Jesús Morentin’s Bunkertype letterpress studio produces beautiful and experimental letterpress work in small editions manually from metal and wood types. Bunkertype on […]
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in craft, h.n. werkman, hot metal, hot printing, letterpress, press, printing, printmaking, Private Presses, Typesetting, typography, werkman, wood type
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Tagged bunkertype, h.n. werkman, hot metal, hot printing, Jesús Morentin, letterpress, typography
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We are currently exhibiting our letterpress work in the ‘Happy Days’ exhibition, curated by Blackwater Polytechnic and hosted in Ben Coode-Adams & Freddie Robins’ award-winning Grand Designs barn here in North Essex, GB. ‘Happy Days’ is “an exhibition of exceptional construction in wood, textiles, ink, paint, metal & concrete made by men and women with […]
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in art, craft, Galleries, letterpress, posters, printmaking, Typoretum
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Tagged Art, Ben Coode-Adams, Blackwater Polytechnic, craft, exhibition, Freddie Robins, Happy Days, Justin Knopp, letterpress, show, Typoretum
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April 17, 2013 – 10:59 am
Here is a great short film about Typoretum. An opportunity to see our presses in action and the craft of letterpress printing. Irish graphic designer and letterpress printer Jamie Murphy recently spent several months working here at Typoretum, developing his knowledge of letterpress typesetting and printing. As a thank you for his time here, Jamie […]
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in craft, Justin Knopp, letterpress, posters, press, printing, Private Presses, Typesetting, typography, Typoretum, wharfedale, wood type, woodletter
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Tagged Áine O'Meara, Albion, Coggeshall, Columbian, Enda O'Dowd, Film, Gietz, Heidelberg, ink, Jamie Murphy, Justin Knopp, letterpress, metal type, press, printing, Public Service Broadcasting, Robert Pratley, Typesetting, Typoretum, wharfedale, wood type, woodletter, Yellow Brick Media
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The British punch-cutter and typefounder Vincent Figgins (1766-1844) ran a notable London typefoundry and is credited with designing the first Egyptian (slab serif) typeface, which he simply named ‘Antique’ and released in 1815. Figgins was originally apprenticed to the typefounder Joseph Jackson, a student of William Caslon I, and established his own typefoundry in Swan […]
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in letterpress, typecasting, typography
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Tagged Berthold Wolpe, Egyptian, letters, Printing Historical Society, Sans Serif, specimens, St Bride Institute, Type, typecasting, typography, Vincent Figgins
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December 17, 2012 – 12:43 pm
A short documentary by White House Films, filmed at the Distiller’s Press in Dublin, Ireland, featuring Jamie Murphy who is currently here at Typoretum on a 3-month Leonardo da Vinci programme placement.
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in craft, letterpress, posters, press, printing, printmaking, typography, Uncategorized, wood type, woodletter
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Tagged Distiller's Press, Dublin, Ireland, Jamie Murphy, letterpress, Mary J Plunkett, White House Films, wood type, woodletter
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November 15, 2012 – 1:57 pm
The history of Monotype dates back to the late 19th Century, when it introduced groundbreaking new technology that revolutionised the production of metal type for letterpress printing. Tolbert Lanston, the inventor of this technology and founder of The Lanston Monotype Machine Company, patented this mechanical typesetting system in 1887 and introduced the first hot metal […]
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in craft, hot metal, letterpress, matrices, Monotype, printing, typecasting, Typesetting, typography
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Tagged Composition Caster, exhibition, Gill Sans, hot metal, letterpress, matrices, Matrix, Monotype, Pencil to Pixel, Supercaster, Times New Roman, Tolbert Lanston, Type, typecasting
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November 5, 2012 – 1:03 am
We’re delighted to be exhibiting our ‘In the Midst of Life I Woke’ letterpress poster alongside fellow “Artists of Spitalfields Life” in a forthcoming exhibition at the Ben Pentreath Shop in Bloomsbury, London. The exhibition runs from 7th-24th November and further details & opening times can be found here.
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in Galleries, Justin Knopp, letterpress, posters
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Tagged Ben Pentreath, Bridie Hall, Gentle Author, Justin Knopp, london, Spitalfields, Spitalfields Life, Typoretum
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