Letters for website
I printed an alphabet for a website, to use as Drop caps. next step is
to do outlines in photoshop. I will be going back in and printing
another set, Serif Caps. Maybe a nice
Futura too. Goudy is nice, Garamond. And of course, Gotham (HF) would
be quite the font to make it all very very fun (Obama's official font
choice)
Letterpress is a term for printing text with movable type, in which the raised
surface of the type is inked and then pressed against a smooth
substance to obtain an image in reverse. In the 1400s, Johann
Gutenberg (among others) is credited with the invention of movable
type printing from individually-cast, reusable letters set together in
a forme (frame). This had previously been invented in Asia, but the
two inventions were probably not connected. He also invented a wooden
printing-press, based on the existent wine press, where the type
surface was inked and paper laid carefully on top by hand, then slid
under a padded surface and pressure applied from above by a large
threaded screw. Later metal presses used a knuckle and lever
arrangement instead of the screw, but the principle was the same.
A small amount of high-quality art and hobby letterpress printing
remains — fine letterpress work is crisper than offset litho because
of its impression into the paper, giving greater visual definition to
the type and artwork. Today, many of these small letterpress shops
survive by printing fine editions of books or by printing upscale
invitations and stationery, often using presses that require the press
operator to feed paper one sheet at a time by hand. They are just as
likely to use old printing methods as new, for instance by printing
photopolymer plates (used in modern rotary letterpress) on restored
19th century presses.
The process requires a high degree of craftsmanship, but in the right hands, letterpress excels at fine typography. It is used by many small presses that produce fine handmade limited-edition books, artists' books, and high-end ephemera such as greeting cards and broadsides. - wikipedia
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mark-s-, tribambuka, 豁, sharna11, and 28 other people added this photo to their favorites.
chuckwheat (52 months ago | reply)
There's a message in the madness...
OpheliaChong (52 months ago | reply)
@chuckwheat: who you calling "mad"? ...oh me. right. :O)
jouste (52 months ago | reply)
What does it say??? What does it say???
OpheliaChong (52 months ago | reply)
This is as Vandercook Press, it is what I use to print all my letterpress pieces. :O)
mΛG£N†ΛL (51 months ago | reply)
absolutely gorgeous!!!!