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Cylinder Press Core Certification

Posted on April 10, 2019 by BookLifeStudio

In February, I completed the Cylinder Core Curriculum at the SF Center for the Book. We practicing setting type, working with a pica ruler, pulling proofs, locking up the type in the Vandercook press beds, inking, adjusting the rollers...

Posted in Book Education, PrintingTagged bibliophile, bookarts, letterpress, Printing, sfcb, type, Typography, VandercookLeave a comment

Ted Salkin’s Amazing Printing Collection

Posted on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 by BookLifeStudio

A couple months ago, my husband and I drove two and a half hours away to Healdsburg. Then we went off on a dirt road, off the grid, and into the hills to meet Ted Salkin and view his printing press collection.

Posted in PrintingTagged Chandler and Price, Healdsburg, Printing History, printing museum, printing press, type, type drawerLeave a comment

History of Typography Class

Posted on October 29, 2018July 16, 2021 by BookLifeStudio

This year's California Rare Book School course was on the history of typography, taught by Paul Shaw, designer and design historian, with Grendl Löfkvist, printer and Education Director at the Letterform Archive.

Posted in Book History, Printing, TypographyTagged CalRBS, history, letterform, typeLeave a comment
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