Greg Walters in Piqua, Ohio owns some of the Barth
casters from ATF, but he does not cast type for sale.
He recently bought the ten Kustermann casting machines
from Cast Craft in Chicago. These were the type of
casters used by European type foundries to make
high-quality foundry type just like ATF's. Cast Craft
had imported them to use with their pirated matrices
to cast Helvetica and Optima and Melior back in the
early 1970s.

Greg is going to host the biennial conference of the
American Typecasting Fellowship in 2010. He is
building a new building to house all the casters and
plans to have at least some of each kind up and
running by the time of the conference.

--Ph. D.


----- Original Message -----
From: alex brooks
To: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 2:31 AM
Subject: Re: [PPLetterpress] Re: U.S. type foundries

NA Graphics sells Dale Guild type (and is a great
supporter of the foundry) and you can buy from the
Dale Guild directly. Greg Walters, in Piqua OH,
owns some of the ATF Barth casters, but I'm not
sure if he uses them to cast type. Howard Bratter,
in Brooklyn, is currently selling a complete set-up
of multiple automatic pivotals, imported from the UK.

A nice listing of most of the current type foundries can be found on this AAPA
site maintained by Dave Tribby... just scroll down the page until you come to
"Foundries."

http://www.aapainfo.org/lpress.html#equipment

As noted in other posts, the type produced at each of these foundries varies.

Some cast on monotype casters and some cast harder foundry type on Thompson and
Barth casters.

--Steve

Steve Robison
The Robison Press
Belmont, CA 94002 (about 25 miles south of San Francisco)
robisonsteve@...

--- In PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com, "Gerald Lange" <Bieler@...> wrote:
>
> The birth right is the matrix, but more the casting machine. M&H may
> label their material as foundry cast type (didn't all Monotype
> casters?), but it is not (at least not in the definitive definition of
> the term).

The term "type foundry" predates the Barth and Kustermann casting
machines, even the Bruce Pivotal, so your "definitive definition" is a
modern distinction that wouldn't necessarily be recognized by past
generations of type casters. The term goes back to the days of the
hand mold.
   If Alex had said instead, "last type foundry using foundry casters"
that would be more accurate.
--Eric Holub, SF

I'm currently looking, ideally, for a Thompson, but should anyone know of any
working Monotype caster looking for a home where it will be put to good use,
please let me know. I'm In BC (Canada), and thus this end of the continent would
be preferable in terms of pick-up.

Following in Jim Rimmer's path, my goal is to eventually find a Pantograph and
to cast type both from Monotype matrices and also to produce new designs. A
lofty goal, clearly, but I'd like to follow in the line of private presses using
a house type (Kelmscott, Doves, etc.), and in turn to keep this tradition and
practice alive.

Jason Dewinetz
Greenboathouse Press



   ----- Original Message -----
   From: parallel_imp
   To: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 7:04 AM
   Subject: [PPLetterpress] Re: U.S. type foundries


   --- In PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com, "Gerald Lange" <Bieler@...> wrote:
   >
   > The birth right is the matrix, but more the casting machine. M&H may
   > label their material as foundry cast type (didn't all Monotype
   > casters?), but it is not (at least not in the definitive definition of
   > the term).

   The term "type foundry" predates the Barth and Kustermann casting
   machines, even the Bruce Pivotal, so your "definitive definition" is a
   modern distinction that wouldn't necessarily be recognized by past
   generations of type casters. The term goes back to the days of the
   hand mold.
   If Alex had said instead, "last type foundry using foundry casters"
   that would be more accurate.
   --Eric Holub, SF




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Don't forget Skyline Type!

Monotype may be softer than Foundry type, but how many printers today
will ever print enough to wear out even Monotype cast type?


Mel

Well, I would for one....  But that is why I have Intertypes and Ludlows...
Never have to worry about running out of type or bashing it into
uselessness <grin>....

- Lance Williams
Williams Stationery Co.
Camden, New York
APA #785


> [Original Message]
> From: Mel <the_melzer@...>
> To: <PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: 3/1/2009 2:04:23 PM
> Subject: [PPLetterpress] Re: U.S. type foundries
>
> Don't forget Skyline Type!
>
> Monotype may be softer than Foundry type, but how many printers today
> will ever print enough to wear out even Monotype cast type?
>
>
> Mel
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

As a follow-up to my last post, a more direct link for the section of the AAPA
directory listing Type Foundries is:

http://www.aapainfo.org/lpress.html#foundries

Of course, the rest of the directory is very useful as well, and can be seen in
its entirety by scrolling up or down from the above link, or by going to the
following link which puts you at the top of the directory at the point where the
list is indexed with various categories. It's a great resource directory that
every letterpress printer can use...

http://www.aapainfo.org/lpress.html

Best wishes,

--Steve

Steve Robison, Printer
The Robison Press
Belmont, CA (about 25 miles south of San Francisco)
robisonsteve@...


--- On Sun, 3/1/09, Steve Robison <robisonsteve@...> wrote:

> From: Steve Robison <robisonsteve@...>
> Subject: [PPLetterpress] US Type Foundries - Directory
> To: "PPLetterpress List" <PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 6:42 AM
> A nice listing of most of the current type foundries can be
> found on this AAPA site maintained by Dave Tribby... just
> scroll down the page until you come to
> "Foundries."
>
> http://www.aapainfo.org/lpress.html#equipment
>
> As noted in other posts, the type produced at each of these
> foundries varies.
>
> Some cast on monotype casters and some cast harder foundry
> type on Thompson and Barth casters.
>
> --Steve
>
> Steve Robison
> The Robison Press
> Belmont, CA 94002 (about 25 miles south of San Francisco)
> robisonsteve@...
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Note that Fundicion Tipografica Bauer in Spain is
no longer casting metal type.


   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Steve Robison
   To: PPLetterpress List
   Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 5:47 PM
   Subject: Fw: [PPLetterpress] US Type Foundries - Directory update...


   As a follow-up to my last post, a more direct link for the section of the AAPA
directory listing Type Foundries is:

   http://www.aapainfo.org/lpress.html#foundries

   Of course, the rest of the directory is very useful as well, and can be seen
in its entirety by scrolling up or down from the above link, or by going to the
following link which puts you at the top of the directory at the point where the
list is indexed with various categories. It's a great resource directory that
every letterpress printer can use...

   http://www.aapainfo.org/lpress.html

   Best wishes,

   --Steve

   Steve Robison, Printer
   The Robison Press
   Belmont, CA (about 25 miles south of San Francisco)
   robisonsteve@...





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Phil,

Do we know this for fact? They manage NOT to mention the fact that they can
(could) on
their website.

For what it's worth, Dan and Julia at Golgonooza own two of the TFC / Castcraft
Kucko's
but don't cast fonts for sale.


--- In PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ph.D." <phil@...> wrote:
>
> Note that Fundicion Tipografica Bauer in Spain is
> no longer casting metal type.
>
>

--
best, mjb
interrobangletterpress.com
linotypesetting.com
flickr.com/photos/interrobang918/

Last I talked to Wolfgang Hartmann at Bauer (a couple of years ago), I
think he indicated that they were not going to be keeping the casters
hot.
Between the energy costs and the shipping costs for the final product,
it would be prohibitive to keep the things going all the time.

They now have quite a nice collection of fonts, of course.

Ciao

PF

On 2 Mar 2009, at 11:51 AM, Michael Babcock wrote:

> Phil,
>
> Do we know this for fact? They manage NOT to mention the fact that
> they can (could) on
> their website.
>
> For what it's worth, Dan and Julia at Golgonooza own two of the
> TFC / Castcraft Kucko's
> but don't cast fonts for sale.
>
>
> --- In PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com, "Ph.D." <phil@...> wrote:
>>
>> Note that Fundicion Tipografica Bauer in Spain is
>> no longer casting metal type.
>>
>>
>
> --
> best, mjb
> interrobangletterpress.com
> linotypesetting.com
> flickr.com/photos/interrobang918/

Peter Fraterdeus
http://slowprint.com/

Fundicion Tipografica Bauer, Barcelona, is definitely out of business
for casting metal types. They shut down sometime last year I believe.
I refered someone on one of these Lists who contacted me as a "person
of interest" regarding Bauer. They reported back that the foundry was
no longer operating. They actually visited & found it closed. It is
possible that some stock remains. It would be interesting to know the
disposition of the archive & machinery. I do know that all casters
over 36 point were given to the School of Graphic Arts, University
of Barcelona. It is unknown to me what they do with them if anything
or even if they have the space to contain the remaining material.
This sounds like something for Darmstadt. The old Victoria type-
foundry in Athens also shut down after their big earthquake a number
of years ago. The foundry was "given away" to someone who later sold
it to someone else. I had a contact in Athens do a search, calling
everyone in the Athens directory of the relatively uncommon name, &
found no one but lonely people who wanted to chat but knew nothing
about printing types. There is a relatively small but active
letterpress community active in Greece doing some interesting
work; but the language is a barrier to Westerners, as it was for the
vary active community in Czechoslovakia. I have a wonderful magazine
supplement (Epta imeres: Seven Days) with considerable information
about it, but alas, my Modern Greek is insufficient to get more than
a taste of it. The magazine also did one on hand bookbinding, & they
run about thirty pages of history & practice with great photos.

Norman McKnight
Philoxenia Press
Berkeley

Well if money is no object (sigh) the D. Stempel Typefoundry site is
worth a visit. Being conversant in German also helps. Font schemes are
different and pricing by weight is in Euros and Kilograms. But they will
cut type to .918 and usually have sale typefaces at any given time which
makes them "almost" affordable (not really) Click Angebot (special
offer) - only 33 euros / kg.!!. And of course there is shipping. No Flat
Rate boxes coming out of Germany that I know of. But a lot of nice faces
..

  http://www.schriftenservice-d-stempel.de/index.html

Paul Alessini

-----Original Message-----
From: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Fraterdeus
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:13 AM
To: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PPLetterpress] Re: US Type Foundries - Directory update...

Last I talked to Wolfgang Hartmann at Bauer (a couple of years ago), I
think he indicated that they were not going to be keeping the casters
hot.
Between the energy costs and the shipping costs for the final product,
it would be prohibitive to keep the things going all the time.

They now have quite a nice collection of fonts, of course.

Ciao

PF





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A resource not widely know, but one which I have noted here before,
is at http://www.bleisetzer.de/cms/front_content.php This man is the
translator & agent for D. Stempel & Bauer. You can have him do all of
the work for you & have it done accurately (the casting man, Rainer
Gerstenberg, is perhaps best approached in his native German). He is
an excellent craftsman. I ordered seven fonts of 20 point Fruehling
from him, milled to .918 & paid by PayPal. Everything went beautifully
& the types were spectacular. There is no duty on metal printing
types, but US Customs had a bit of a trial trying to classify the
shipment. The cost overall was less than 2000.00. It is a lot, but it
comes with the problem of having gotten into letterpress after most
of the type foundries had closed their doors! They are now offering
Codex from the Hass'isch Schriftgiesserei in Switzerland, whose
matrices they hold, in 10, 20 & 24 point (drool) & also Jessenschrift
by Rudolf Koch in 12 & 16 point. If nothing else you should visit the
site I mentioned for the great pictures & he also sells used type
from defunct type foundries. I got 36 Rhapsodie by Ilse Schule & 36
point Liebing from a Leipzig foundry. Really nice stuff & reasonable;
but they are NOT millalbe to .918, so I had to adjust for them.
Fortunately they are display sizes & can be printed separately from
the text, & the bed of my Vandercook 325GH has a removable plate
that, thanks to the quick & able mind of Eric Holub, & with a slight
underlay adjustment, does very nicely. I am trying to save to get a
book font of 12 point Heraklit Greek by Hermann Zapf for which Hr.
Gerstenberg assures me he has the matrices. I was able to supply him
with the fonting scheme for Greek from the old Victoria foundry in
Athens.

Norman McKnight
Philoxenia Press
Berkeley

Hi List,
Was I dreaming, or did I hear that Adobe carries a font that was designed for
Letterpress?
I know they have several that are designed to LOOK like letterpress, but I'm
wondering if they have any that work particularly well for photopolymer.
I know this has probably been covered so apologies in advance but I was looking
through the archives and started to get crosseyed.
Many thanks,
Mackie Osborne

With information from Norman and from Robert Richardson in London, I tried
to visit Bauer in Barcelona last summer. After contacting them in advance, I
eventually received a message from Dr. Hartmann that they were no longer
casting metal type. He said that they had a small stock of fonts remaining
for sale, but could not mill them to .918. Further, they were closing for
the month of August, and I was arriving late in the day on July 31st! So a
visit was not possible even to see what remained available.

Someone on the Letpress list reported that "I believe he still has a caster
or two as friends of mine are going to Barcelona in October for some
hands-on instruction but I am told most of the mats have gone." I had heard
that most of the mats were transferred to the University of Barcelona some
years ago, except for the most popular ones that they had continued to cast.

Matt Kelsey

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Norman L McKnight <philoxenia@...
> wrote:

>   Fundicion Tipografica Bauer, Barcelona, is definitely out of business
> for casting metal types. They shut down sometime last year I believe.
> I refered someone on one of these Lists who contacted me as a "person
> of interest" regarding Bauer. They reported back that the foundry was
> no longer operating. They actually visited & found it closed. It is
> possible that some stock remains. It would be interesting to know the
> disposition of the archive & machinery. I do know that all casters
> over 36 point were given to the School of Graphic Arts, University
> of Barcelona. It is unknown to me what they do with them if anything
> or even if they have the space to contain the remaining material.
> This sounds like something for Darmstadt. The old Victoria type-
> foundry in Athens also shut down after their big earthquake a number
> of years ago. The foundry was "given away" to someone who later sold
> it to someone else. I had a contact in Athens do a search, calling
> everyone in the Athens directory of the relatively uncommon name, &
> found no one but lonely people who wanted to chat but knew nothing
> about printing types. There is a relatively small but active
> letterpress community active in Greece doing some interesting
> work; but the language is a barrier to Westerners, as it was for the
> vary active community in Czechoslovakia. I have a wonderful magazine
> supplement (Epta imeres: Seven Days) with considerable information
> about it, but alas, my Modern Greek is insufficient to get more than
> a taste of it. The magazine also did one on hand bookbinding, & they
> run about thirty pages of history & practice with great photos.
>
> Norman McKnight
> Philoxenia Press
> Berkeley
>
>


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Mackie

There have been a few digital typefaces designed for letterpress use
but there is only one that I know of that is available for purchase.
That would be dfTYPE's Rialto. It is quite nice. Sets and prints very
well.

Adobe did have a Multiple Master Jenson that was configurable for
letterpress. The prospectus for the typeface included a showing
printed by Margery Cantor. But the Multiple Master fonts were
discontinued when Adobe abandoned the Postscript Type 1 font format
for OpenType. The Jenson Pro OT does not include the variant
configuration for letterpress.

With font editing software you can adjust existing fonts to function
more appropriately in the letterpress environment. I adjusted Monotype
Bell and it seems to have worked out quite well in a broadside I just
printed.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PPLetterpress/photos/album/421860504/pic/212043428\
6/view?picmode=original&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&dir=asc


Gerald
http://BielerPress.blogspot.com


--- In PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com, <G0godzilla@...> wrote:
>
> Hi List,
> Was I dreaming, or did I hear that Adobe carries a font that was
designed for Letterpress?
> I know they have several that are designed to LOOK like letterpress,
but I'm wondering if they have any that work particularly well for
photopolymer.
> I know this has probably been covered so apologies in advance but I
was looking through the archives and started to get crosseyed.
> Many thanks,
> Mackie Osborne
>

Or better, which is the real point: Last type foundry using hard metal.


Graham Moss

Incline Press
36 Bow Street
Oldham OL1 1SJ  England

http://www.inclinepress.com




On 1/3/09 15:04, "parallel_imp" <Megalonyx@...> wrote:

>   If Alex had said instead, "last type foundry using foundry casters"
> that would be more accurate.

--- In PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com, Graham and Kathy
<kwhalen.incline@...> wrote:
>
> Or better, which is the real point: Last type foundry using hard metal.
>

Graham, it isn't just a matter of typemetal. The temperature and
pressure at which type is cast is just as important to the hardness of
type, and thats why Thompson and Monotype casters don't produce the
same quality as foundry casters. And it takes foundry mats to stand up
to that casting environment, not the brass and aluminum mats made for
Monotype equipment. One could ruin mats and machines by trying to make
type harder than is normal for the equipment. But wherever any of
these machines are used is still a type foundry.
--Eric Holub, SF

No, quite so, it isn't just a matter of the hardness of the metal that
defines a foundry, but Dale Guild is still the last foundry in the US using
hard metal. Count your blessings; there's none here.

As a printer, I'd put hardness of the metal higher than any of the other
physical attributes in any hierarchy of importance, assuming the face of the
type wasn't full of bubbles that is!


Graham Moss

Incline Press
36 Bow Street
Oldham OL1 1SJ  England

http://www.inclinepress.com






On 3/3/09 14:26, "parallel_imp" <Megalonyx@...> wrote:

>> Or better, which is the real point: Last type foundry using hard metal.
>>
>
> Graham, it isn't just a matter of typemetal. The temperature and
> pressure at which type is cast is just as important to the hardness of
> type, and thats why Thompson and Monotype casters don't produce the
> same quality as foundry casters. And it takes foundry mats to stand up
> to that casting environment, not the brass and aluminum mats made for
> Monotype equipment. One could ruin mats and machines by trying to make
> type harder than is normal for the equipment. But wherever any of
> these machines are used is still a type foundry.
> --Eric Holub, SF

...Last  type foundry using hard metal.

...last type foundry using foundry  casters

A type foundry is a place where metal is melted and cast in a mold. The
Monotype system can accurately be described as a complete type foundry.

Claims of type founders regarding the hardness and  quality of their type are
notoriously suspect. Keystone claimed to be the  inventors and sole makers of
Nickel-Alloy Type. Barnhart Bros & Spindler  made Superior Copper Mixed Type.
The amount of those metals in type was probably  negligible. Only a few
foundries ever actually revealed the proportions of the  various metals used in
their type.

Type metal varies from soft to hard, to brittle, depending on the  relative
quantities of lead, tin, and antimony. Considering just the  inherent hardness
of the metal, Dale Guild metal is essentially the same as  type made from
recycled ATF metal. So even the occasional casting done here at  Denver Back
Alley
Type uses "hard metal." The type offered by Skyline type,  also, is cast with
hard metal, essentially identical to the metal used at Dale  Guild.

The key differences, besides the metal formula, are the casting machines
involved and the knowledge and attention of the worker, and the protocols being
followed such as casting speed and temperature and adjustments to the
machinery.  A Barth caster, and a Thompson caster for that matter, will make
harder
type than my antique Monotype because they cast with greater pressure. But I
expect any type I cast will out-live me.

While Stephenson Blake described itself as The Last of the Old English  Type
Founders, Mouldtype's monotype  was The Best in Any Case. While  MacKellar,
Smiths & Jordan accurately claimed status as the Oldest  American Type Foundry,
anyone who casts type today might honorably be  described as Successor to
Gutenberg and Garamond.

At Now It's Up To You, we cast type out of thin air.


Tom  Parson/ Now It's Up To You/ Denver Back Alley Type Foundry
157 S Logan,  Denver CO 80209
(303) 777-8951
(720) 480-5358 cellphone
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Anybody able to give me a clue as to what happened to LetPress@ListServ?
I'm suddenly unable to post or reply.Offlist please.
~ Bob Turner

Bob,

(replying on the list, as others are probably wondering as well...)

I started noticing problems when I got up this AM, and managed to send a
couple messages via the website interface.  When I got home this evening,
the whole thing was down, as far as I could tell...  I have been unable to
access anything via the website, and messages bounce back as undeliverable.

The only thing I really can tell anyone is that apparently sometime around
5AM this morning, they upgraded the software from ver. 14.7 to 15.5,
according to changes in the message headers of those messages that have
managed to filter through after 5AM.

- Lance Williams
Williams Stationery Co.
Camden, New York
APA #785


> [Original Message]
> From: robtfturner <robtfturner@...>
> To: <PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: 3/3/2009 6:39:10 PM
> Subject: [PPLetterpress] Disconnect
>
> Anybody able to give me a clue as to what happened to LetPress@ListServ?
> I'm suddenly unable to post or reply.Offlist please.
> ~ Bob Turner
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Howdy!  I am new to the letterpress listserv.  I do a bit of printing in North
Carolina and am in the process of organizing my small basement shop.  This
includes getting rid of some stuff I can't currently use.  If anyone is looking
for rollers for a 10x15 C&P, I have 3 that have never been used, and I no longer
have the press I got them for. I even have a nice wooden box to hold them and 2
pairs of trucks.  If interested, drop an email, the more stuff I can get out of
my shop, the more new stuff I can fit into it. I also have some trays of
Garamond bold that I don't need.

Thanks,

Emily

Hi Emily,
I would very much like to buy those rollers from you - in dire need for
my 10 x 15 Old Style - were they intended for a new style or old style
(curvy flywheel spokes) 10 x 15? Thanks!

John in Colorado
Oak Root Press

-----Original Message-----
From: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ladypilot37
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 5:34 PM
To: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [PPLetterpress] rollers for sale

Howdy! I am new to the letterpress listserv. I do a bit of printing in
North Carolina and am in the process of organizing my small basement
shop. This includes getting rid of some stuff I can't currently use. If
anyone is looking for rollers for a 10x15 C&P, I have 3 that have never
been used, and I no longer have the press I got them for. I even have a
nice wooden box to hold them and 2 pairs of trucks. If interested, drop
an email, the more stuff I can get out of my shop, the more new stuff I
can fit into it. I also have some trays of Garamond bold that I don't
need.

Thanks,

Emily

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As you all are aware of by now, there is a problem with the ListServ that
controls the LETPRESS list many of us enjoy daily...  Here's what I know at
present, and passing it along to all:


     The entire LISTSERV service at UNB.CA is currently offline.  As far as I
have been able to determine, they upgraded software early yesterday (Tuesday)
morning, and shortly after that, things started going wrong.  In the AM, I
noticed not being able to send to the list (bouncing), and by the time I got
home from work in the PM, the whole shebang was out of operation, can't even
access the website for web services....

I  have inquired with Terry Oakes, who is the list owner, this is what he said
this morning:
(Wendesday, March 4, 7:38AM)
Hi Lance, there was an attempted upgrade a few days ago, they ran into
problems and tried again this morning. The server was supposed to be down
for a couple of hours max. I was told no posts would be lost, just spooled
and sent later. I noticed I just got my digest copy of the list.

If problems continue, let me know.

Cheers,
Terry
I replied to him there are still problems, as our messages are still being
bounced, which they might not be aware of...  The website is partially active,
but I can't access LetPress yet....

- Lance

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Emily--
How much for the rollers? I'm in Asheville. Contact info below.

Mark Olson
Innerer Klang Letterpress
191 Lyman St.
Asheville NC 28801
828.253.3711









-----Original Message-----
From: ladypilot37 <ladypilot37@...>
To: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 7:33 pm
Subject: [PPLetterpress] rollers for sale


























Howdy!  I am new to the letterpress listserv.  I do a bit of printing in North
Carolina and am in the process of organizing my small basement shop.  This
includes getting rid of some stuff I can't currently use.  If anyone is looking
for rollers for a 10x15 C&P, I have 3 that have never been used, and I no longer
have the press I got them for. I even have a nice wooden box to hold them and 2
pairs of trucks.  If interested, drop an email, the more stuff I can get out of
my shop, the more new stuff I can fit into it. I also have some trays of
Garamond bold that I don't need.



Thanks,



Emily


























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This is a shame. Too many people doing "letterpress" with no knowledge or use of
letters to press. May be the wrong list for such a statement.

I contracted for a custom casting of 10 fonts of 36pt Columna from Bauer a
number of years ago for a very reasonable price with shipping, no hassles at
"the border". I was just reading an article in the Fleuron about E.R. Weiss and
thinking how lovely those Weiss ornaments are. Ahh well.

I'm not sure S.S. D. Stempel is casting at the moment. I have a friend who was
in Darmstadt last summer who reported back that the Haus fur Industrial Kultur
(sic) was under renovation, and Gerstenberg's operation was on mothballs. I'd be
happy to be incorrect, and happier to have the money to spend.


>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Peter Fraterdeus
> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:13 AM
> To: PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [PPLetterpress] Re: US Type Foundries - Directory update...
>
> Last I talked to Wolfgang Hartmann at Bauer (a couple of years ago), I
> think he indicated that they were not going to be keeping the casters
> hot.
> Between the energy costs and the shipping costs for the final product,
> it would be prohibitive to keep the things going all the time.
>
> They now have quite a nice collection of fonts, of course.
>
> Ciao
>
> PF
>
>
>

--
best, mjb
interrobangletterpress.com
linotypesetting.com
flickr.com/photos/interrobang918/

Michael

There is a current discussion on digital type vs metal type (or some such
heading, probably a couple of splinter threads by now) going on at Letpress.
Yes, the Listserv is back up. The new Letpress site (archives) looks quite good
(finally).

Gerald
http://BielerPress.blogspot.com


  --- In PPLetterpress@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Babcock" <mjb@...> wrote:
>
> This is a shame. Too many people doing "letterpress" with no knowledge or use
of letters to press. May be the wrong list for such a statement.
>

On 4 Mar 2009, at 9:38 PM, Michael Babcock wrote:

> This is a shame. Too many people doing "letterpress" with no
> knowledge or use of letters to press. May be the wrong list for such
> a statement.
>
> I contracted for a custom casting of 10 fonts of 36pt Columna from
> Bauer a number of years ago for a very reasonable price with
> shipping, no hassles at "the border".

Not widely known is that US Customs and Congress are both forbidden
from interfering with the import of printing types by....

The First Amendment to the Constitution!

Here's to Freedom of the Press!

PF



Peter Fraterdeus
http://slowprint.com/

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