Tag Archives: Wood Type

Friday find: Woodcut Poynder ampersand

Written by Imar. Posted on August 24, 2012. Filed under Artefacts. Tagged , , , , . No comments.
24 Line Poynder Ampersand print

A very cool ampersand print with an interesting story…

Lovely posters letterpressed by Typoretum

Written by Imar. Posted on October 19, 2011. Filed under Noteworthy. Tagged , , , , . 2 Comments.
Letterpress posters from Typoretum

Letterpress is essentially the very earliest method of printing text, invented by Gutenberg in the 1400s. Print shops like Typoretum are reviving this old fashioned art…

Wood Type Revival

Written by Imar. Posted on June 8, 2011. Filed under Noteworthy. Tagged , , . No comments.
Fatboy

An ambitious project to convert ten of the world’s rarest and most unique historic wood typefaces into digital fonts.