General Printing: An Illustrated Guide to Letterpress Printing - Softcover

Glen U. Cleeton; Charles W. Pitkin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0978588142 ISBN 13: 9780978588144

Publisher: Liber Apertus Press, 2006

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author:

Glen U. Cleeton served for many years as Dean of the School of Printing Management at Carnegie Institute of Technology. Charles W. Pitkin was assistant professor of printing at Carnegie Institute of Technology, where he produced many of the photos for the book; later he was vice president and director of manufacturing for Doubleday & Company. Additional content was contributed by Raymond L. Cornwell, former professor at State University of New York, Oswego.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liber Apertus Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0978588142
• ISBN 13: 9780978588144
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Raymond L. Cornwell