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, design, letterpress, posters, press, printing, printmaking, 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, design, hot metal, letterpress, matrices, Monotype, printing, typecasting, Typesetting
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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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October 19, 2012 – 11:27 pm
The London Centre for Book Arts is an open-access book arts studio, teaching facility and exhibition space in Fish Island, Hackney Wick, in East London. The first and only centre of its kind in the United Kingdom, LCBA provides access to specialist equipment and resources, including rare and historically important pieces, along with technical and […]
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in craft, Education, letterpress, printing, printmaking, Typesetting
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Tagged bookbinding, LCBA, letterpress, london, london centre for book arts, printing, printmaking, Simon Goode
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October 15, 2012 – 12:29 am
On Friday 9th November 2012, the St Bride Library will hold its’ third letterpress conference. The previous two conferences have been sell-outs and speakers include Anthony Burrill, Catherine Dixon, Ian Gabb (RCA), Thomas Gravemaker, Dylan Kendle (Tomato), Peter Nencini, and L’automatica (Barcelona) with further contributions anticipated from Prensa Libertad (Buenos Aires) and Vista Sans Wood […]
September 4, 2012 – 10:56 pm
After ‘collecting’ some examples of French signage (an example of which can be seen above) whilst on a recent holiday, I discovered the online collection of vernacular typography, lettering & signage assembled on the Jules Vernacular website. This collection has been carefully collected and assembled by Jack Usine and is a complementary project of Smeltery, […]
Located five miles east of Cheltenham in the shadow of an Elizabethan manor, the family-run Whittington press (established by John Randle in 1971) will be throwing open its doors on Saturday 1st September, accompanied by Presstival, an annual event for the delectation of printing and typography enthusiasts. Pat Randle, mastermind behind the event, has printed […]
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in hot metal, John Randle, letterpress, Monotype, OPC, Pat Randle, printing, Private Presses, typecasting, Whittington Press, wood type, woodletter
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Tagged Heidelberg Cylinder, hot metal, John Randle, Justin Knopp, letterpress, Monotype, nomad letterpress, Pat Randle, presstival, printing, The Occasional Print Club, typecasting, Typoretum, Whittington Press, wood type
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The third in the ‘dying arts trilogy’. A quick look into the world of Justin Knopp; and what it’s like for him working in the art of traditional letterpress. http://vimeo.com/42332067
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in craft, letterpress, posters, press, printing, printmaking, Typesetting, Typoretum
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Tagged Film, letterpress, Richard Hunter, Type, Typesetting, Typoretum, wood, woodletter
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From 19th-21st April Officina Tipografica Novepunti hosted the inaugural Letterpress Workers International Summit, an international letterpress workshop, followed by exhibition, in Milan. During the public workshop, European designers collaborated to produce letterpress work under the watchful eyes of visitors. The participants of the event were Thomas Gravemaker, Pete Burke, Alexander Cooper & Rose Gridneff, John […]
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in Education, letterpress, posters, press, printing, printmaking, Typesetting, wood type, woodletter
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Tagged Alexander Cooper, John Christopher, letterpress, Letterpress Workers International Summit, Mark Pavey, Milan, Officina Tipografica Novepunti, Pete Burke, Rose Gridneff, Thomas Gravemaker, wood type, woodletter
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April 11, 2012 – 10:18 pm
Extracted from a promotional booklet published by The Bauer Type Foundry, Inc. 235-247 East Forty-Fifth Street, New York. Publication date unknown. THE PRINTER has many opportunities of learning how a type is cut and cast, and it is important that he should have this knowledge. How the stage of cutting is reached, the work that […]
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in craft, design, letterpress, typecasting
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Tagged Bauer, E. R. Weiss, Letterforms, letterpress, Louis Hoell, matrices, Punchcutting, Type, Type Design, Type Foundry, Typeface, typography, Weiss, Weiss Bold, Weiss Initials, Weiss Italic, Weiss Roman
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This event is a collaboration between St Bride Foundation and BA Graphic Design students from Central Saint Martins to fundraise both for the Library and for the 2012 Graphic Design Degree Show. Wednesday 2nd May 2012, 6.30-9.30pm, in the Bridewell Hall of the St Bride Library. More information can be found at http://stbride.org/events/silentpostersale and http://silentpostersale.tumblr.com/
By Justin Knopp
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Also posted in Central Saint Martins, design, Education, hot metal, letterpress, posters, printing, printmaking, St Bride Library, Typesetting
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Tagged Central Saint Martins, hot metal, letterpress, posters, printing, St Bride Library, Type, typography
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