Monotype have released their new ‘Eric Gill Series’, a re-creation of Gill and Joanna faces and their variants.
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The Art of the Marbler
Richard Small found this little gem about paper marbling. Some early-morning delayed-flight time-passing video-watching. https://t.co/NcsH8zAIeM — Richard Small (@letter_presser) September 15, 2015
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The Fell Types
Igino Marini’s website about the Fell Types, including downloadable versions of the types, via. Ian Knight.
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Hiring Hot Metal Compositors
I’d missed this in July (not sure how) about friends at Urban Cottage Industries hiring for line casting machine operators.
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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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!