Hi Paul Oh, it's a story that's been told before. Haven't done an interview in over a decade but was honored when Andy asked. I have a lot of respect for what...
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Gerald Lange <biel...
bielerpr
Jan 20, 2003 8:06 am
Patrick This is the post (?) but it is actually from another list: <Benton's pantograph actually predates Morris' Kelmscott Press by a <few years. More often...
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Gerald Lange <biel...
bielerpr
Jan 21, 2003 10:24 pm
Dear Gerald Lange Crispin Elsted tells me that you manage the groupsite for the Fine Press Book Association. May I trouble you to forward to your members (and...
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Gerald Lange <biel...
bielerpr
Jan 22, 2003 9:34 pm
For those of you who have expressed interest in this: A discussion re the New Series interview has developed over at Speak Up ...
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Jan 25, 2003 1:45 pm
Hello all I'm giving a short workshop this afternoon on the principles of using photopolymer plates. Normally, when I do these demos, we do a quick 'n' dirty...
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Rodney Grantham <g...
rodney_grantham
Jan 27, 2003 7:56 am
... using ... quick 'n' ... theories, etc. ... than 10 ... with a ... appeared ... something ... I'm ... Photoflood over ... some ... Katie For small plates...
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Kent Manske
kent@...
Jan 27, 2003 9:06 am
Rod, your info to Katie was informative. I have not had the short exposure times that you have with the F20T12BLB, 24", 20 watt bulb. I just build a box with 6...
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David P. Wall
applecartpress
Jan 27, 2003 2:40 pm
Howdy, folks: When typefaces are designed for computer reproduction, do the type designers always create their master patterns for a standard optimal size? For...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Jan 27, 2003 3:56 pm
At 6:39 AM -0800 2003-01-27, David P. Wall wrote: (on the PhotoPolymer Letterpress List) ... David There is no industry standard that I know of. When I...
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Rodney Grantham <g...
rodney_grantham
Jan 27, 2003 5:12 pm
... Using ... (to ... 16 ... blacklite) ... I've ... Hi Kent The difference in exposure times could be due to several variables. The distance from the bulbs to...
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Jan 27, 2003 7:57 pm
Thanks to everyone who wrote about home units for exposing polymer plates. The workshop was on Saturday, so I didn't have time to build a home exposure unit. I...
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Gerald Lange <biel...
bielerpr
Jan 28, 2003 4:02 am
David Most run of the mill PostScript Type 1 and TrueType digital faces are designed in one size from a master pattern at 10 or 12 point. It varies. So If you...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Jan 28, 2003 5:56 am
... Gerald, David -- I have better news, which is that OpenType is not really a new format. FontLab 4.5 can certainly edit OT fonts, either of the TrueType or...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Jan 28, 2003 6:10 am
Peter Well, I'd sure like to believe this, but after spending some time on one of the OpenType developers lists (over at Topica) desperately trying to sort out...
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Peter Fraterdeus
pfraterdeus
Jan 28, 2003 6:28 am
Gerald I've got FL 4.5, having bought every version since it came out for the Mac. What's uncertain? The format is fully documented at Microsoft's Typography...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Jan 28, 2003 7:59 am
Zapfino would be AAT configured, correct? I get the feeling Apple doesn't feel all that comfortable with OT? What does full access to all hundreds of glyphs...
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Jan 28, 2003 11:59 am
Incidentally, there is a short article in this month's issue of HOW magazine about type formats, including Open Type, with its pros and cons. Interesting ...
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Dr P.B. Watry
paul_watry
Jan 28, 2003 12:04 pm
What is this magazine and how do we get access to this article? Paul Watry...
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Katie Harper
ktnharper
Jan 28, 2003 12:26 pm
HOW is a semi-monthly graphic design magazine. It is found in all major bookstores and where magazines are sold in the section dealing with the arts. You might...
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apsmith@...
Jan 28, 2003 3:04 pm
I am a paper conservator at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Recently some polymer printing plates from the...
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Hrant H Papazian
justforjan28
Jan 28, 2003 4:12 pm
From: "David P. Wall" ... Not always, but it seems to me that generally the 12 point is chosen. Of course it doesn't much matter what you choose: things won't...
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ANDREAS PRIVE
andreasschweizer@...
Jan 28, 2003 5:00 pm
Are they blue ? ... Andreas Schweizer 8, rue de la Puiserande 1205 Genève- Switzerland T: + 41 22 320 56 28 F: + 41 22 320 56 28 P: + 41 79 304 14 64 URL:...
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Gerald Lange <biel...
bielerpr
Jan 28, 2003 5:37 pm
April Early on there was some kind of a carbon dioxide bath that could revive photopolymer plates. To what degree I'm not sure. I assume it would reverse the...
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apsmith@...
Jan 28, 2003 6:18 pm
... adhesive, so I want to ensure that the treatment I do to remove this will not cause harm to the plates now or in the future. April ... knew ... into ... ...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Jan 28, 2003 6:30 pm
April I should have mentioned this previously. The Smithsonian has taken some steps to prevent the decomposition of plastic materials in its collection; Barbie...
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Ed Inman
edinman2001
Jan 29, 2003 12:32 am
Hi April, Some plastic plates made prior to the 70s (such as those made on a Scan-a-Graver) were made from nitrate material similar to very old motion picture...
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author50401 <jhenr...
author50401
Jan 29, 2003 7:08 pm
A few years back, I did a reprint of a book printed in the 1950s. The author had the original plates, a black plastic-like material that reminded me of the...
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CaveworksPress@...
caveworkspress
Jan 30, 2003 8:08 am
Dear fellow Printers, I have been asked by Roy Behrens, (art professor at The University of Northern Iowa, art editor of The North American Review...
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April Smith
apsmith@...
Jan 31, 2003 11:30 pm
Thank you to all who responded regarding the composition of polymer plates. Upon further examination, it seems that the plates may be a coated piece of metal,...
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Susan Angebranndt
ebaybabette22
Feb 1, 2003 1:11 am
The San Francisco Center for the Book has added an equipment exchange section to their web site. It's an exchange for book arts and printing equipment and...
