General Printing: An Illustrated Guide to Letterpress Printing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780978588144)

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

Author: Glen U. Cleeton, Charles W. Pitkin
ISBN-10: 0978588142
ISBN-13: 9780978588144
Publisher: Liber Apertus Press
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.13lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.47d