Another series of pictures of the Caslon Letter Foundry at 22⁄23 Chiswell St., London. Caslon were taken over by Stephenson, Blake around 1937. Pictures from the St Bride Library via. the Gentle Author.
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The Manchester Ballads and the Incline Press
An interesting Radio 4 programme on the Manchester Ballads made all the more exciting through the appearance around the half-way point of an Arab Platen Press. Of course, presses don’t exist without printing works and people — provided by Graham and Kathy at the Incline Press.
Justin from Fenner Paper blogs about more work from Mr. Nick Hand: a delightful poster for a festival in Wales.
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St Bride Library Closure: Update Roundup
On 31 July I posted that the Library at St Bride’s was to close, but nothing had been published on the Foundation’s website. Around the same time PrintWeek reported that the Library was being ‘restructured’. The Association of European Museums said – Given the climate of uncertainty which has surrounded the future development of the St…
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Closure of St Bride Library
Terrible news this afternoon: after 123 years St Bride Library will close. The website it not yet updated, but this message was posted to the LETPRESS list today – St Bride Foundation Update We would like to bring to your attention that due to funding constraints the Foundation regrets that it is no longer possible to keep…
From the Historic England blog, a Brief Introduction to England’s Secret Printing Presses.
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Arab Press Register
In the Summer of 2013 I set up a form to collect details of Arabs presses around the world. There are 19 presses registered at the moment running in age from about 1892 to 1907. If you run an Arab and are willing to share the details, please complete the Arab Register. In the coming months, I’ll organise…
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Oxford Guild of Printers: Bursary
A great offer from a great letterpress printing organisation pic.twitter.com/MUCF6gyNcO — OxGuildPrinters (@OxGuildPrinters) May 11, 2015
The St. Bride Foundation will be holding a Wayzgoose — a printers’ fair — this coming Sunday 17 May between 11am and 4pm. Details at their website! [googlemaps https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1 m³!1d4966.100667204068!2d‑0.10542691534423829!3d51.51229256086154!2 m³!1f0!2f0!3f0!3 m²!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3 m³!1 m²!1s0x4876055c47318b3b%3A0x143cf4512f8f9f07!2sSt+Bride+Foundation!5e0!3 m²!1sen!2suk!4v1431625017273&w=600&h=450]
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Print Project: Tickets
Nick at the Print Project has produced more bold work for the tickets for the Leeds Print Festival
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Simon Pilkington: Model 3 Press Parts
A delightful picture of the component parts of a Model No. 3 press, rather like the Arab Erection Instructions!
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Metal Type: Monotype Recorders
An amazing project by Dave Hughes and John Cornelisse to scan the back copies of the Monotype Recorder. The Monotype Recorder both set the standard and documented the advance of typography at the hands of this firm and these PDFs will make fascinating reading. Thanks, both!