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.
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in letterpress, printing, typography, wood type, woodletter
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Also tagged Add new tag, Brazil, Grafica Fildalga, Poster, printing, São Paulo, wood type
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Since the foundation of the Druckladen des Gutenberg Museums (Printing Workshop of the Gutenberg Museum) in 1990, the city of Mainz has hosted educational letterpress and printmaking workshops for visitors and children of school age and upwards. I visited the Druckladen some ten years ago and found its’ workshop occupying two floors and very well […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in Education, letterpress, printing, printmaking, typography, wood type
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Also tagged BuchKinder-Werkstatt, Dr Otto Martin, Druckladen, Education, Gutenberg Museum, Mainz, typography, Workshop
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April 27, 2009 – 12:52 pm
I am grateful to Johno over at We Love Typography for letting me know about this movie. Enjoy!
I am in the midst of taking proofs of my entire collection of woodletter and it has become a monumental undertaking! In the meantime I have designed and printed a poster that, although not exhaustive, shows the primary type styles held within my collection. The range of type styles is matched by the wide range […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in letterpress, typography, woodletter
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Also tagged Antique Old Style Bold, Bold Latin, Decorated French Antique, Decorated Sans Surryphs, Elongated Sans Surryphs, Expanded Antique, Expanded Grotesque, French Antique, Gill Sans, Grotesque, Latin Elongated, Old Style Grotesque, Ornamented Wide Latin, Pointed Antique, typefaces, wooden type, woodletter
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The Letterpress Exchange Group was formed around 1992 by Claire Bolton of The Alembic Press as a forum that was exclusively letterpress, and small enough to make the task of printing not too onerous. Membership is strictly limited to twenty-five members and operates a policy that if one does not contribute, one does not receive […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in letterpress, printing, typography
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Also tagged Alan Brignull, Alembic Press, Ben Brundell, Claire Bolton, Department of Typography and Graphic Communication, Ericius Press, Incline Press, Justin Knopp, LEG, Letterpress Exchange Group, Palliser Press, Reading University, The Happy Dragons' Press, The Hedgehog Press, The Old Forge Press, typography
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A short while ago some mystery objects fell into my possession and it soon transpired that they were, as I had suspected, tools used in the craft of letterpress typesetting. The tools in question are two beautifully handmade filing blocks, in which a piece of metal type can be firmly held so that the back […]
I was delighted this morning to happen upon a wonderfully creative piece of letterpress work, by Ross Shaw and Jon Kielty of JMG, on the cover of the current edition of Le Cool. Ross, Jon and myself collaborate under the guise of The Occasional Print Club, along with Pat Randle, producing experimental letterpress work in […]
This letterpress printed postcard was sent to me, some years ago, by Masao Takaoka; proprietor of The Kazui Press in Tokyo. It is one of my favourite pieces of letterpress ephemera, that I have in my collection. I received it along with an enormous bundle of beautifully printed samples from The Kazui Press and a […]
February 18, 2009 – 11:23 am
The Occasional Print Club was formed in November 2008, in the corner of a thronging London ale house behind Fleet Street, by myself and three other typographers; Jonathan Kielty, Pat Randle and Ross Shaw. We were full of energy and enthusiasm, having spent that day at the excellent Letterpress: A Celebration conference at the St […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in letterpress, printing, Private Presses, The Occasional Print Club
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Also tagged John Randle, Jonathan Kielty, Justin Knopp, OPC, Pat Randle, Ross Shaw, St Bride Library, The Occasional Print Club, Western proofing press, Whittington Press
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November 4, 2008 – 5:02 pm
The gas lamps in the Typoretum have been burning late into the night, over recent weeks, but we are now delighted to introduce the fruits of our labour: a suitably festive selection of letterpress cards. All of these cards are now available for purchase via our website at www.typoretum.co.uk/christmas.html and a brief rationale for each […]
By Justin Knopp
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Posted in greeting cards, letterpress, typography, woodletter
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Also tagged christmas, festive, greeting cards, noel, Ornaments, seasonal, typography, woodletter
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