The Beauty of Old School Letterpress Printing

Posted by Alex in Book & Lit, Video Clips on August 16, 2007 at 2:26 am


In this excellent video clip, John Kristensen of Firefly Press in Massachusetts tells us about the beauty and craftmanship of traditional typography: the letterpress printing.

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4 comments to "The Beauty of Old School Letterpress Printing"

  1. Jake D.
    August 16th, 2007 at 12:06 pm

    That is incredibly interesting, inspiring, and noble…but it looks so dangerous!

  2. fine
    August 16th, 2007 at 12:29 pm

    interesting things

  3. The Slapster
    August 16th, 2007 at 12:48 pm

    I still work with offset every day, and it’s not even close to being that cool. 99.9% of what we produce is bound for a garbage can, that kind of work is truly Art though.

  4. Mindy
    August 19th, 2007 at 5:50 pm

    I took a semester of letterpress at the University of Utah, and it was hands down my favorite class I have ever taken. It’s so intimate and detail oriented. When you see that block of text held together with string, you have no idea how heartbreaking it can be when that string unravels and you lose your entire block and you have to start over. Or you do your first proof and all your apostrophes are facing the wrong direction. But once something is done and it’s in your hand, it is the most satisfying artwork I have ever created, and that’s even including basic printing…


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