It is a shame this font had to be recreated this way. Updike used it for Printing Types and said this about it (volume 2, page 231): "This type is not...
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Casey McGarr
cmcgarr1957
Jul 4, 2006 10:38 pm
This is a great place for research and reading and Free Access to the public from July 4th to August 4th, in celebration of Project Gutenberg's 25th Birthday. ...
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Mark Wilden
markwilden
Jul 4, 2006 11:31 pm
... From: "Casey McGarr" <casey@...> ... That was interesting. Does anyone else distribute like that? By letting the type somersault over the...
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Matt Kelsey
mvk14321
Jul 5, 2006 5:34 pm
There was some discussion on this list about Challenge proof presses a few months ago. There was one on eBay a couple of days ago that did not sell; it had an...
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Casey McGarr
cmcgarr1957
Jul 5, 2006 7:50 pm
Looks like a good press with low starting price. I print on a Challenge 15MP but it's not a tight as my Vandercook #4. Casey...
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eahalegross
Jul 6, 2006 5:05 am
I have just opened Deer Tree Press in Philadelphia, PA USA Hello All. I print hand lithography from stones and aluminum plates, letterpress - I have an SP20,...
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alex brooks
skalex123
Jul 6, 2006 3:18 pm
... I hate this attitude.... no one sets type UPSIDE DOWN(probably my most hated printing misconception)..... what a relic this is! [/sarcasm]...
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Harold Kyle
boxcarpress
Jul 6, 2006 3:52 pm
For intaglio work, desktop transparency positives are adequate for processing photopolymer plates, but for the typical letterpress work, you¹ll need real film...
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Mark Wilden
markwilden
Jul 6, 2006 6:34 pm
... From: "alex brooks" <alex@...> ... Just to be clear, are you saying that you set type rightside up, such that the face is upside down? It seems to...
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John G. Henry
author50401
Jul 6, 2006 6:55 pm
I have not found it practical to set type "rightside up" in a composing stick. You would have to start at the bottom of the copy in order to put the next line...
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Gene
phototone
Jul 6, 2006 7:19 pm
... I think the previous poster was making a funny. In setting type "right side up" you set the type with the nick up, which makes the face upside down. This...
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Mark Wilden
markwilden
Jul 6, 2006 8:14 pm
... From: "John G. Henry" <JohnH@...> ... Sorry I wasn't clear. Yes, type is set with the faces upside down in the stick. When it's dumped to a galley,...
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Lance Williams
lwwill7999
Jul 6, 2006 8:30 pm
John, Any of us that have been at this Letterpress stuff for more than 20 years are definitely RELICS.... Since I am working on 27 years now, I guess that ...
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Mark Wilden
markwilden
Jul 6, 2006 9:18 pm
... From: "Mark Wilden" <mark@...> ... Tchah. Such that the -beginning- of the line is toward the open side of the galley, of course. ///ark...
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livres@...
bookman90035
Jul 6, 2006 9:45 pm
Hello and welcome. tI do pretty much the same, there are a couple books to be considered -I asume that you know and have all or most of the standard ones. This...
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chuck sumner
libdotso
Jul 7, 2006 5:21 am
I have a very nice Anderson Vreeland A2 plate processor I don't really need and would like to sell Its in excellent shape, all digital, and located in San...
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Sean Michael
speakspress
Jul 7, 2006 6:03 pm
Hello, I have a 2.5HP 130V DC Motor that I may hook up to a variable AC output transformer to power my 8x12 OS C&P. We did an experiment by hooking the motor...
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Scott Rubel
scottford1124
Jul 7, 2006 6:51 pm
No! Light dimmers do not work. You need a Variac....
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wa0dfw@...
wa0dfw
Jul 7, 2006 8:04 pm
First, it is WAY too big a motor.. Second - It's power requirements are way above and beyond a light dimmer's ampacity (amperage capacity). Third - It's a DC...
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Ludwig M. Solzen
ligatuur
Jul 7, 2006 11:45 pm
Liz Real continuous tone reproduction in print, still has to be invented. There have been numerous experiments, however, to accomplish a similar effect—in ...
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Jonathan Palmer
dragonflypap...
Jul 8, 2006 1:35 am
I was intereted if there were any alternatives to California wash for cleaning off photopolymer plates. Anyone have any suggestions Thanks Jon ...
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Gerald Lange
bielerpr
Jul 8, 2006 1:47 am
Jon I think Varn's California Wash is a water-misible press wash (?). You would likely rather want a plate wash or type wash. Varn's R-7 Or Anchor's Aled are...
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Scott Rubel
scottford1124
Jul 8, 2006 3:40 am
For me it's just like cleaning type. We use a worn out toothbrush and (once we used kerosene) water miscible wash. Seems to work fine. Just don't use water!...
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Blue Barnhouse
bluebarnhouse
Jul 8, 2006 4:32 pm
I have heard of folks who use simple green as an alternative to solvents . I use California wash and I'm not recommending this personally, as I have no idea of...
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Farida Bee
faridabee
Jul 8, 2006 7:46 pm
Angelique, Last year I bought a Kutrimmer. Yes, it was a big investment, but for such an essential tool it was well worth it. I opted for the largest tabletop...
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John Hunt
ve3jwh
Jul 9, 2006 1:04 am
Many of the presses originally came with DC motors, some of the early catalogs listed AC motors as an expensive extra. With the cheap controllers that are...
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Elizabeth Gross
eahalegross
Jul 9, 2006 3:22 am
Real continuous tone reproduction in print, still has to be invented. There have been numerous experiments, however, to accomplish a similar effect—in fact,...
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Lance Williams
lwwill7999
Jul 9, 2006 4:00 pm
I posted the following on the LETPRESS list last night. Then I realized that some of us do not read that list for various understandable reasons.... So, I...
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andrea_fiona_mclean
andrea_fiona...
Jul 9, 2006 4:15 pm
I'd like to find out is there is anyone working in traditional letterpress that I could approach about an upcoming project. I am a painter currently based in...
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Graham and Kathy
grahamoss
Jul 9, 2006 6:20 pm
You might start with Phil Abel at www.handandeye.co.uk whose workshop is on Railway street behind Kings Cross. Unless of course you mean London Ontario or...
