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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Posted in craft, design, hot metal, letterpress, matrices, Monotype, printing, typecasting, Typesetting, typography
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Also tagged Composition Caster, exhibition, Gill Sans, hot metal, 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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Posted in craft, Education, letterpress, printing, printmaking, Typesetting, typography
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Also tagged bookbinding, LCBA, 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 […]
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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Posted in hot metal, John Randle, letterpress, Monotype, OPC, Pat Randle, printing, Private Presses, typecasting, typography, Whittington Press, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Heidelberg Cylinder, hot metal, John Randle, Justin Knopp, Monotype, nomad letterpress, Pat Randle, presstival, printing, The Occasional Print Club, typecasting, Typoretum, Whittington Press, wood type
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Our letterpress card for Vaughan Pilikian’s upcoming play, ‘Leper Colony‘. The edition was limited to 400 pieces and printed in two impressions onto 425gsm Saunders Waterford high-white hot-pressed 100% cotton card stock. The copy was typeset in a combination of 48 point Elongated Runic; 10 point, 14 point, and 18 point Bembo regular; 10 point […]
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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Posted in craft, letterpress, posters, press, printing, printmaking, Typesetting, typography, Typoretum
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Also tagged Film, 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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Posted in Education, letterpress, posters, press, printing, printmaking, Typesetting, typography, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Alexander Cooper, John Christopher, Letterpress Workers International Summit, Mark Pavey, Milan, Officina Tipografica Novepunti, Pete Burke, Rose Gridneff, Thomas Gravemaker, wood type, woodletter
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This article has been extracted from an article on the BBC News Asia website, written by Cindy Sui and dated 1st May 2012. The movable-type printing system invented around 1040 AD helped to revolutionise the world by making books and other written material easily available. It is one of the most important inventions of mankind, […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, letterpress, printing, typecasting, Typesetting
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Also tagged casting, Chang Chieh-kuan, Chinese, movable type, Taiwan, Type, typecasting
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April 19, 2012 – 11:23 am
A delightful short movie by the San Francisco Chronicle showing Lewis Mitchell at work, casting type on Monotype machines in the basement at the Arion Press in San Francisco. “I thoroughly enjoy the sound of the machines turning, and seeing the type come out is a joy,” Mitchell said. He can tell by the sound […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in craft, hot metal, letterpress, Monotype, typecasting
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Also tagged Arion Press, casting, Gloucester Typesetters, Hand & Eye Letterpress, Letterpress Works, Lewis Mitchell, Monotype, San Francisco, Speedspools, The Carpathian Press, Type, typecasting
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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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Posted in craft, design, letterpress, typecasting, typography
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Also tagged Bauer, E. R. Weiss, Letterforms, Louis Hoell, matrices, Punchcutting, Type, Type Design, Type Foundry, Typeface, typography, Weiss, Weiss Bold, Weiss Initials, Weiss Italic, Weiss Roman
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