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Setting Lead Type

The U of R has almost 100 cases of lead type! Starting with a plan (the words I want to print), I decide on typefaces, and set my copy in a Composing Stick. I discuss the California Job Case, line spacing, letter spacing, and the anatomy of a Sort (a piece of type).

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Setting Metal Type

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The typographer. Composing texts by hand and printing them with century-old machines

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Upside Down, Left To Right: A Letterpress Film

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Packing the Press

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Johannes Gutenberg (1/8): The production of metallic type

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A to Z Letterpress

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Stone Lithography - 2nd Etch

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An Introduction to Letterpress Printing with Mr Smith

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