General Printing : An Illustrated Guide to Letterpress Printing
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Overview
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
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- ISBN-13: 9781734222425
- ISBN-10: 1734222425
- Publisher: Liber Apertus Press
- Publish Date: September 2006
- Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.56 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.79 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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