In a world where the term "changing the font" conjures the drag and click of a computer mouse, a visit to the San Francisco Center for the Book provides a whole new appreciation for those newspaper ...

The process is messy, requires some manual labor and takes meticulous detail and attention to complete perfectly. But the old-fashioned and intricate ways of the letterpress are gaining popularity in ...

Long, long ago, it would take the better part of an entire day to set and print newspaper stories just like the one you’re reading right now. Typesetters would work around the clock to line up tiny ...

In a world of fast-paced connectivity, digital books, and face-to-face interactions using electronics, Alex Green finds solace when poring over a letterpress, meticulously placing each individual ...

The University of Arizona School of Art takes its creativity to the 2019 Tucson Festival of Books, providing students the chance to participate in hands-on activities and learn more about the ...

If you’re a typenerd like myself, you enjoy things such as serifs, kerning, ligatures, logotype, mean line, metrics, multiple master font, orphan line, outline font, just to name a few. I went to ...

For some bizarre reason, I really want to learn how to do letterpress printing. This is an old-school process that requires lots of dirty, heavy, expensive equipment, but creates gorgeously tactile ...

Did you know that John Dunlap, famed for printing the Declaration of Independence, apprenticed here in Lancaster? Or that the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the Constitution, was printed ...

THE PRINCIPAL OF STUDIO ON FIRE IS BEN LEVITZ, wiry and boyish with blunt-cut sandy hair and spectacles that, like Sarah Palin’s, stand out from his face. But unlike the Republican vice-presidential ...

A handmade card is always special, but the crisp imprint that the letterpress process creates has a unique character. Plus, once you’ve hand set your design it’s easy to produce many cards.