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eBay Highlights . . .

Saucy Postcard Colour Plate Sets - Nottingham, UK

Saucy Postcard Colour Plate Sets - Nottingham, UK

Monotype Die Case, 12pt Bodoni Book - California, USA

Monotype Die Case, 12pt Bodoni Book - California, USA

Heidelberg Cylinder Makers Plate - New York, USA

Heidelberg Cylinder Makers Plate - New York, USA

Chicago Tribune Commemorative Glasses - Illinois, USA

Chicago Tribune Commemorative Glasses - Illinois, USA

Boston Globe Masthead - New Hampshire, USA

Boston Globe Masthead - New Hampshire, USA

Forum Latest . . .

Moving the Don Dorrigo Press: Updated

General Chat  •  August 19  •  Dave Hughes

The fund-raising has been successful and the machine has now arrived at the Penrith Museum of Printing:

Making Faces by Jim Rimmer - video

General Chat  •  August 16  •  Dave Hughes

Here's a great video of the legendary Jim Rimmer showing us how he created a new typeface, from initial sketches to casting metal type:

Re: Trade cards, Cigarette cards, Stickers etc

General Chat  •  August 16  •  printsmurf

Gies & Co. of Buffalo, NY, printed a set of 24 trade cards depicting various occupations. Each card in the set shows a man engaged in his occupation, with an object symbolic of that occupation in a...

Re: Inventorying Linotype Matrices - "E" codes and concave diamonds?

Linotype Chat  •  August 15  •  axtzallas

Hello, I think E codes are Intertype, does the same code without the E correspond to what you have? Diamond codes are Linotype & Machinery, the UK Company, and they had their own range of typefaces...

Wayzgoose in Wellington New Zealand

Letterpress Events  •  August 15  •  Terrie Reddish

The Association of Book Crafts and the Association of Handcraft Printers in New Zealand are holding their annual WAYZGOOSE in Wellington 24 - 26 November 2023

Gerald Drayton, the last surviving teacher of the Monotype School, passed away

General Chat  •  August 20  •  John Cornelisse

Today, I received an email from Sue Barnes, a daughter of Gerald, with the message:

Printle No.12

Printle Chat  •  August 20  •  Dave Hughes

Printle No.12 is now available. The difficulty level is hard.

From the Main Site . . .

The “Wapping Cough”

IT started with the mysterious “Wapping cough” and ended when Rupert Murdoch’s moonlight flit revolutionised an industry.

In January 1986 the editor of the Sun, Kelvin MacKenzie, called me into his office. I knew it was serious because he asked me to close the door, which was somewhat unusual, and then spoke almost in a whisper, which was virtually unprecedented.

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