Field Trip to Letterpress Things

Newest Acquisitions

Took the nice ride out to Letterpress Things in Chicopee this morning to see John Barrett and his wonderful shop full of everything and anything the tabletop printer could need or imagine. OK, well, I'm sure I could imagine things that aren't there, but you get the idea.

John is an extremely helpful and friendly man and each trip I've made has been a pleasure. I purchased a good amount of wooden furniture, leads, thins (brass & copper), some quoins and a nice Wickersham key that doubles as a little hammer. I also got a line gauge, a nifty pocket line gauge, and a "Letterpress Things" tee-shirt. I resisted to urge to get some type. That'll have to wait til the next Saturday I make it back to Chicopee, which is about 45 minutes from my house.

Boy, am I lucky. I just happen to have the best letterpress resource in the entire country right in my backyard. Awesome.

Dreams of type

on my holiday wish list:

18pt Bewick Roman with ligatures!
18pt Cochin
12pt Perpetua
14pt & 18pt Della Robbia

Type Log

currently in the shop:

12pt Bell
12pt Light Old English
18pt Modernistic No. 72 border
18pt Arrighi ornaments
"bugs" ornaments

oh, and the ...

18pt unidentified serif script
box of pied type
lowercase of somewhat-sorted unidentified type

Lithic Dwellers Alert

In case you do, in fact, live under a rock, here is a heads up:
Go check out Etsy to see some great letterpress, not to mention a gazillion other unique and novel crafts and design work.

Click Happy!

(did you know that gazillion is in the blogger spellcheck? You do now)

Cool Documentary

Found this nice documentary over on YouTube (yes, there is meaningful content if you look hard enough). Kinda artsy treatment with a nice Fugazi (or is it Minor Threat?) soundtrack. It features the Independent Publishing Resource Center over in Portland OR. Check it out.

Just a tidbit

Don't try to sort type when you are:

1. Tired
2. Drunk
3. Upset
4. Hungry
5. Preoccupied

This has been a public service announcement.