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Reprints from Type & Press

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An interview with Fred Williams, publisher of Type & Press

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Letterpress tips and tricks from Type & Press

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PRESSES & PRESS WORK

C & P – Pressman’s Favorite
Colt’s Armory Press
Gordon Press
Miehle Verticle
Original Heidelberg
Sigwalt Press
Pearl Press
Vandercook Press
Official Press
Pilot Press
Liberty Press
Rise and Fall of the Kelly Press

Bias, Chase & Roller Gauge
Setting Platen Press Rollers
Eliminating Work-ups & Pull-outs
Good-bye Misfeeds
Impressional Resistence…
Ink Rollers & Fine Printing
Meticulous Makeready
Platen Press Buyers’ Guide
Secrets of Platen Press Feeding
Preventing Slurring
‘Secrets’ of a Kelseyman!
Leveling the Platen


TYPE & TYPOGRAPHY

How Big is a Font?
Lore of the Composing Stick
Origin of the California Job Case
The Joy of Handsetting Type
The Art of Proofreading
Type Blight Mystery

Myth about Type Metal Hardness
Ideal Text-Matter Letterforms
Identifying Type Castings
Setting Type in Circles
Kerning & Mortising


TYPE CASTING

The Thompson Typecaster
The Ludlow Typograph

Monotype Story
The Linotype


Type & Press reprints are courtesy of the Amalgamated Printers’ Association

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