Just added a link to Typographia: or the Printer’s Instructor by Thomas Adams. Free and online.
You can read and/or download it here or check it out along with others on our Resources page which is regularly updated with such links as the materials become known to us.
Two of us in the shop own these little proof presses that are easily assembled from laser cut pieces. There are even plans on the site to cut your own if you desire, or you can watch for presses to drop and snatch one up when they become available which is announced on a regular basis.
Some photos from the installation of our “new” old 8″ x 12″ Chandler & Price made in 1926. Added to Conestoga Press in 2009(?). [Photos by Dick Wanner]
The Museum of Printing in Haverhill, Massachusetts has posted a series of 10 videos about the Linotype with everyone’s favorite Linotype repairman, Dave Seats. You can watch the first here and find your way on their YouTube channel.
Join us Sunday, December 5, at the HSCV Museum for the return of our Annual Open House. Tour the museum, which is specially decorated for the Holidays, meet Santa, and stop by the Print Shop where we’re printing the latest edition of our Christmas Coaster.
Because we were closed last year we decided it was an opportunity to paint the inside of the print shop. The outside of the building was painted in the summer of 2020 sealing the battens that had allowed moisture to seep through and stain the inside walls so it was logical to paint the inside next. It’s a major disruption to do so because heavy type cabinets had to be moved around to access the walls, so it also made sense to look at the space, which we have been adding things to for years and find a better way for it all to work together.
Planned for the fall of 2020, work actually finally started in late spring of 2021 when we were looking to open in a few months. Most was completed by the time we opened in June and the last wall, which didn’t require much to be moved was finally completed last week.
Come visit us and the other great vendors at this great annual fair. This year it is located on the grounds of the Ken Kulakowsky Center for Letterpress and Book Arts at 117 Parkside Avenue, Lancaster PA. The Center will also be open. The fair is from 11 am to 5 pm and will be held rain or shine. Check out additional information here: www.lancasterprintersfair.org
ALSO! The night before, Friday, September 17 from 5 pm until 9 pm come visit us at the same location for the Wayzgoose and Surplus Letterpress Sale to get early pickings from some of the vendors that will be at the fair and MORE!
I made a frame that holds all 24 APA Instruction Cards and displays whichever card you put in the front. They slide up through the top to remove or change. You can read more about the cards and download a set of your own here.
We plan to resume a Saturday morning schedule at the Print Shop starting June 5. Check the calendar for openings. All volunteers are invited to attend and should be prepared to wear masks if not vaccinated. Fully vaccinated volunteers are invited to wear or not wear them as they are comfortable. We do have improved circulation with our new shop layout.
