Plans for letterpress*.com websites
Namely letterpresstype.com, letterpresstypefoundry.com, and letterpresstypography.com
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letterpresstype.com
- Resource site with blog component
- Geared to the letterpress printer, book artists, and hobbyists.
- General and detailed information on printing type and its use; including useful charts of measurements, letter frequency, weight of type, copy tables, etc.
- News and reviews of typefaces available in metal or wood. Announcements about new castings.
- Sources of type
- Library
- Preliminary article ideas
- What is letterpress type?
- What is type metal?
- The Point System
- What is type high?
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letterpresstypefoundry.com
- Diary, resource and, potentially, a community site.
- My experiences setting up a typefoundry.
- News in the typecasting world
- Resources and detailed info on typecasting. Charts, lists
- Library
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letterpresstypography.com
- Blog format
- Each entry is a single example of interesting letterpress printing along with my comments and why I picked it. Discuss particulars of production: designer, printer, client; ink colors; paper; type of press; wood, metal or polymer; quantity. What I think is good, and why.
- Encourage letterpress printers to send me a sample.
- Review commercial, fine press, and amateur examples,…including a “pick of the month” from the APA bundle.
- Potential to become a resource for people who are looking for letterpress printing, and an ego boost for the printers and designers.
—Ian Schaefer
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