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• Introduction to Letterpress Printing • Why do same point-sized fonts look di!erent? • Some common letterpress terms. • Kerning • Some common letterpress terms. • Spacing • Some common letterpress terms. • Leading • Some common letterpress terms. • Case and type face • Some common letterpress terms. • Upper & Lower Case • Some common letterpress terms. • “I’m all out of sorts” • Two ways to design for letterpress . • Hand setting type letter by letter, line by line • or . • Using the computer and polymer plates • What’s a polymer plate? • What type of press will we be using? PRINTING PRESSES Wood hand presses 1400s Johann Gutenberg 1600s The Common Press Iron hand presses 1819 The Wells 1837 The Stanhope Iron hand presses 1896 The Washington 1900 The Wesel Platen Jobber 1874 Pearl Old Style N.1 1856 Gordon Franklin Oldstyle Platen Jobber 1885 Colts Armory 1880 Golding Jobber N.6 Platen Jobber 1958 Kelsey Star Model G 1891 Chandler & Price Oldstyle Lever Presses 1890s Nonpareil N.23 1880s C&P Pilot Press Lever Presses 1893 Excelsior 3X5 1953 Adana Eight-Five Rail Presses 1880s Daisy Press 1890s The Favorite Crank Galley Proof Presses 1910 Potter Proof Press 1931 Vandercook 2 Galley Proof Presses 1950s The Nolan Standard 1961 Vandercook SP-15 Other Types of Presses 1861 Adams Cottage Press N.4 1873 Kelsey One Dollar Other Types of Presses 1913 Automatic Card 1927 Adans 45_Flatbed Press Other Types of Presses *1972 Heidelberg Windmill Platen Jobber Press 1940s Ayers-Jardine Showcard • What is possible on the letterpress? Letterpress Samples De Milo Design Letterpress Samples De Milo Design Letterpress Samples Good Egg Press Letterpress Samples Fireﬂy Press Letterpress Samples Fireﬂy Press Letterpress Samples Inge Brugman Letterpress Samples Inge Brugman Letterpress Samples Chris Stern and Jules Faye Letterpress Samples Chris Stern and Jules Faye Letterpress Samples Gig Posters 3/2 color posters Letterpress Samples Revolution Art and Design 3/2 color posters • Yeah, that’s nice...so what are WE going to do?.

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