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Monthly Archives: March, 2013

I ****ing love making handouts.

I ****ing love making handouts. I could make handouts all day long. I love doing rough drawings to organize my thoughts. I love making final pen and ink sewing diagrams … Continue reading

March 27, 2013 · 19 Comments

To the Lake District!

See you later, suckers! Me and my never-ending cold and low-level exhaustion are getting out of town for the next few days. Yeah, it’s March, so it probably won’t look … Continue reading

March 20, 2013 · 2 Comments

How to adjust the packing on a flatbed cylinder press

The process of letterpress-printing is a relationship between two basic variables: How much ink is applied to your printing surface (type, lino block, plate, etc.) and how much force you … Continue reading

March 11, 2013 · 8 Comments

Vista Sans needs a boost

Hi guys! There is a great project going on kickstarter right now that could use an extra bump in its last hours. There are beautiful rewards on offer for backing … Continue reading

March 6, 2013 · 1 Comment

Teaching, Printing, Thinking, Working.

I’ve been teaching a lot of letterpress courses lately. Above you can see heavy typesetting action in my Intro to Letterpress weekend course at the London Centre for Book Arts. … Continue reading

March 4, 2013 · Leave a comment