General Printing: An Illustrated Guide to Letterpress Printing - Hardcover

Cleeton, Glen U; Pitkin, Charles W

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1734222425 ISBN 13: 9781734222425

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Liber Apertus Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1734222425
• ISBN 13: 9781734222425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224