General Printing: An Illustrated Guide to Letterpress Printing

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Overview

General Printing is a comprehensive guide to letterpress printing. With 300 photos and 140 illustrations, it offers detailed step-by-step visual instruction. Key topics include: handsetting type, taking proofs, mitering rules, locking up a form, adding packing and make-ready, feeding a platen press, advanced composition, design, typography, and tricks of the trade.

"The best all-around introductory book for traditional letterpress printing, this manual is profusely illustrated with detailed and useful photographs and should occupy a prominent place on the shelf of every letterpress printer. It will serve as the next ...

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Overview

General Printing is a comprehensive guide to letterpress printing. With 300 photos and 140 illustrations, it offers detailed step-by-step visual instruction. Key topics include: handsetting type, taking proofs, mitering rules, locking up a form, adding packing and make-ready, feeding a platen press, advanced composition, design, typography, and tricks of the trade.

"The best all-around introductory book for traditional letterpress printing, this manual is profusely illustrated with detailed and useful photographs and should occupy a prominent place on the shelf of every letterpress printer. It will serve as the next best thing to an apprenticeship at the feet of a master printer, and is certain to be used as a handy reference throughout your printing journey." —David S. Rose, Introduction to Letterpress Printing

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780978588144
  • Publisher: Liber Apertus Press
  • Publication date: 9/6/2006
  • Edition description: Reissue
  • Pages: 224
  • Sales rank: 566,008
  • Product dimensions: 11.00 (w) x 8.25 (h) x 0.47 (d)
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