Printing Your Own Postcard: Learning how to set type and letterpress-print
Learn and practice the basics of letterpress printing and typesetting. You will use the Common Press collection of metal typefaces to create a simple postcard design using words that you provide and then print a small edition on the Vandercook printing press.
Learn and practice the basics of letterpress printing and typesetting. You will use the Common Press collection of metal typefaces to create a simple postcard design using words that you provide and then print a small edition on the Vandercook printing press.
This orientation is required as one of two prerequisites for working on independent projects at Common Press. It can be taken multiple times. Registration is required.