At Home with Letterpress

Sunday, August 8, 2004

There’s a nice little video on the art of the letterpress worth watching (via Ordinary Life).  I love seeing craftspeople like this, dedicated to a (dying?) art.  I also just love anything printed on a letterpress—that tactile feel left from lead letters being punched into the textured landscape of the paper that you don’t get with any other kind of printing.


Comments

8-9-04 · 11:59 am

Ryan says:

I got my wedding invitations and reply cards letterpressed! I love it too. The printer was super excited to do the proof as well. In his 10 years working the press, he never had the opportunity to proof a letter press.
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8-10-04 · 1:05 pm

Johnny Knuckles says:

Anyone interested in getting a small press that uses lead type and even woodblocks might want to call Don Black Line Casting.

He has a warehouse in Toronto, Canada (120 Midwest Ave. 416-751-5944) where he sells used presses from small desktop models for printing cards to the big presses. The prices for the smaller presses start at a few hundred dollars.