{"id":44099,"date":"2023-02-24T11:21:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T10:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=44099"},"modified":"2023-02-26T12:44:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-26T11:44:34","slug":"letterpress-coffee-table","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/letterpress-coffee-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Letterpress Coffee Table"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/images\/table1.JPG\" alt=\"Letterpress coffee table\" width=\"1200\" height=\"869\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graeme&#8217;s conversation-piece coffee (or beer) table<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Long-time Metal Type contributor Graeme How, from New Zealand, has found a great way of displaying his old letterpress memorabilia.<\/p>\n<p>Says Graeme: &#8220;I have a typecase with type and also some printing blocks, Intertype border slides and mats which I rescued when The Wairoa Star changed\u00a0to offset in 1977. I was having a cleanout recently and decided to build a coffee table using what I had saved. The glass table-top had to be removed so the reflections would not be photographed.<\/p>\n<div>If you look closely there is a lino slug with &#8216;Linotype The Film &#8211; 2012&#8217; cast. The type is 42 point Gloucester Bold Condensed. A lot of the type is missing.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The timber used on the table legs etc is a New Zealand native called Matai. The indents where the screws are were left unfilled to keep the industrial look. The timber is finished with a clear decking stain. Probably be more beer glasses placed on the table than coffee mugs.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here are some close-ups:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/images\/table2.JPG\" alt=\"Table details\" width=\"1006\" height=\"1500\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/images\/table3.JPG\" alt=\"More table details\" width=\"957\" height=\"1500\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/images\/table4.JPG\" width=\"976\" height=\"1500\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Have you displayed your old letterpress memorabilia in an unusual way? <a href=\"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/contact-page\/\"><strong>Let me know <\/strong><\/a>and you could see it featured on Metal Type.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long-time Metal Type contributor Graeme How, from New Zealand, has found a great way of displaying his old letterpress memorabilia. Says Graeme: &#8220;I have a typecase with type and also some printing blocks, Intertype border slides and mats which I rescued when The Wairoa Star changed\u00a0to offset in 1977. I was having a cleanout recently &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/letterpress-coffee-table\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Letterpress Coffee Table&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44099","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-australianz","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Letterpress Coffee Table - Metal Type<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An unusual coffee table that has been made to display letterpress memorabilia from the Wairoa Star newspaper, New Zealand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/letterpress-coffee-table\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Letterpress Coffee Table - Metal Type\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An unusual coffee table that has been made to display letterpress memorabilia from the Wairoa Star newspaper, New Zealand\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/letterpress-coffee-table\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Metal Type\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-26T11:44:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/images\/table1.JPG\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@MTPrinting\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/letterpress-coffee-table\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/letterpress-coffee-table\\\/\",\"name\":\"Letterpress Coffee Table - Metal Type\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/letterpress-coffee-table\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/letterpress-coffee-table\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/images\\\/table1.JPG\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-24T10:21:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-26T11:44:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"An unusual coffee table that has been made to display letterpress memorabilia from the Wairoa Star newspaper, New Zealand\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/letterpress-coffee-table\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/letterpress-coffee-table\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/letterpress-coffee-table\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/images\\\/table1.JPG\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/images\\\/table1.JPG\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/letterpress-coffee-table\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Letterpress Coffee Table\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/metaltype.co.uk\\\/wpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"Metal Type\",\"description\":\"Yesterday\u2019s Technology . . . 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