There is a new support group for Fontographer over at www.supportandmore.com Various levels of support are offered, a FOG blog is forthcoming, as is a book,...
Well folks, I've pulled the trigger on the deal for my first press. Dave Churchman has been ever so helpful in setting me up with a Nolan proof press. I'm...
FontLab's low-end font-editing program, TypeTool, has been kicked up a version. It is now at 2.0. http://www.fontlab.com/html/typetool.html If you are using...
I will once again be offering the letterpress course Finer Points in Letterpress Typography at Archetype Press in old town Pasadena on Tuesday nights from 7:00...
Mark This was recently found http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Art/Printmaking/private/non_toxic_pages/photopolyer_page_image.htm There are some other links in...
I will once again be offering Finer Points in Letterpress Typography through Art Center College of Design's Art Center at Night. Classes are held at Archetype...
Hi Gerald I am getting two of every posting. Can you help me figure out how to remedy this annoying habit? As to the wavy line problem, it seems that really...
Wow, I feel really humbled after all those lovely comments about my little introduction [blush]. Members of this list should be aware that Gerald, Katie and...
Hello all, New to the group here - I'm in the midst of renewing my interest in printmaking. Letterpress in particular. I am an art director and an illustrator,...
Someone from this list earlier e-mailed me today a question about Illustrator files but I accidentally deleted the message before I could get around to...
Brian Allen's PDF file has been updated and should now be readable without problem. This is located in the How-To folder. In the Technical Reports folder I...
For those who are relatively new to the letterpress phenomenon, the very best informative (and empathic} online resource is David Rose's INTRODUCTION TO...
Hello everyone, I'm new to the group and to letterpress printing period. I have a Kelsey 6x10, which I understand isn't one of the better tabletop presses. I...
hi folks, I'm new to printing w/photopolymer plates, & am interested to hear people's opinions on best bases, etc. to use -- I have a c & p pilot (6 1/2 by 9)...
The Wells College Book Arts Center is pleased to announce that Suzanne Moore will present this spring's Susan Garretson Swartzburg '60 Memorial Book Arts ...
My apologies to those having problems downloading my pdf article re: my home made photopolymer platemaking system. I exported to pdf from Mac Adobe InDesign 2...
I have the same problem with the pdf. I think this may be an improper link to an illustration (or two?) in the application that the pdf was generated from, and...
Brian Allen has graciously sent us a pdf of his article from _Ampersand_ (Quarterly Journal of the Pacific Center for the Book Arts). This was originally...
I seem to remember a discussion awhile back about some people who were experimenting with laser cutting as a way to get relief plates, as opposed to polymer....
Michael Andrews contacted me regarding a Vandercook 232 he would like to sell. This is in working condition but needs new rollers. It has a 30 inch wide...
I recently printed a line illustration by Dwiggins and he inadvertently gave me the opportunity to insert some very tiny type (about 2 pt) within certain...
If anyone is interested in this, or knows of someone who would be, contact information follows. I think Aliso Viejo is near Long Beach? Gerald Terrell, Joshua...
Hi, I have been shooting negs on a "doctored"; Screen Autocompinca camera for the past couple of months. The last few negs I developed came out good but the ...
What kind of cost estimate could someone give me to start printing out my own photopolymer plates for letterpress? What output size of plates do these machines...
Issue number 7 of _Parenthesis_ is now out. This is the bi-annual journal of the Fine Press Book Association. This issue is once again edited by Crispin Elsted...
-Call for Entries- The Community College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas, Nevada is sponsoring a national juried exhibit of artists' books and would like you...
hi folks, we are using pagemaker to set some poems in adobe monotype centaur and centaur italic. (it isn't called arrighi. can someone say if this digital ...
