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Baylor Libraries Book Arts & Letterpress Lab

Introduction to Letterpress

Introduction to Letterpress Printing

Readings from Letterpress Printing: A Manual for Modern Fine Press Printers (2010)

  1. Chapter 1: Letterpress Printing (pp. 3-7) 

  1. Chapter 2: Measurement (pp. 8-12) 

  1. Chapter 3: Type and Typographical Printing Surfaces (p. 13) 

  1. Chapter 4: Setting Type by Hand (pp. 27-37) 

  1. Chapter 5: Proofing Type (pp. 43-44) 
     

 

Additional historical background on moveable metal type and letterpress printing: 

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