Friends at St Brides are showing Pressing On: The Letterpress Film. 27 October, 6pm to 9pm. More details on the St Bride website.
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The Guardian: How To Print With Letterpress
Not sure how I missed this, but a 2010 article with Phil Abel of Hand & Eye Letterpress in the Guardian.
It might be because I love the topic, but I find letterpress lends itself to film. So much to capture, so many details and such a rich variety of materials it’s easy to see why film makers enjoy putting our process on film. Diogo Atadini has been in touch about his film of the Hooksmith…
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LCBA: A Very Tidy Works
I’m late to this (as always) but can’t resist a little envy at the delightfully tidy works at the London Centre for Book Arts.
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Monotype: The Wolpe Exhibition
A wonderful exhibition from Monotype at the Type Archive on the work of Berhold Wolpe, perhaps most famous for the beautiful Albertus. Excited to announce our upcoming exhibition The Wolpe Exhibition @TypeArchive. Join us Sept 29 — Oct 30 https://t.co/hdGyjBXEd8 #MeetWolpe pic.twitter.com/jnBy6gYUHj — Monotype. (@Monotype) September 18, 2017
An enjoyable Telegraph article about Kelvyn Smith, proprietor of Mr Smith’s Letterpress workshop. A thoroughly nice man who was good enough to talk me through his approach to printing a couple of years ago.
Just a few days left of this BBC4 documentary by Mark Ovenden. I’ve not yet watched it but have seen nothing but excellent reviews of Mark’s documentary. BBC4: Two Types: The Faces of Britain
A project by friends at the New North Press producing a prototype 3D-printing letterpress font: second link down.
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Spitalfields Life: At Sangorski & Sutcliffe
More print-related historical photos from the Gentle Author in this look at Sangorski and Sutcliffe, bookbinders.
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Type and Press: St Bride Wayzgoose
A lovely write up of last month’s Wayzgoose at the St Bride Foundation by Type & Press.
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St Bride Foundation Blog: Election Typefaces
An excellent article by Bob Richardson for the St Bride Foundation Blog on Election Typefaces — our next General Election now just a week away! Header Image: “Polling Station” flickr photo by secretlondon123 https://flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/6997132774 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license
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Eye Magazine: Dear Mr Johnston
More London Underground insight: A letter from Eiichi Kono to the designer of Johnston Sans, the famous London Underground typeface