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Friday find: Woodcut Poynder ampersand

A very cool ampersand print with an interesting story…

Published August 24, 2012
Categorized as Artefacts, Typography Tagged Delittle of York, England, Letterpress, Poynder, Wood Type

Lucha Libre letterpress posters from Mexico City

Hans Gremmen of Amsterdam procured this great set of Lucha Libre posters from a letterpress print shop in Mexico City in 2009. Hard to believe that an outdated printing technique can trump the efficiency of digital production in the 21st century. Here’s the proof…

Published November 28, 2011
Categorized as Noteworthy, Typography Tagged Hans Gremmen, Letterpress, Mexico, Poster

Funny letterpress posters stipulate new rules of work

Division of Labor based in Sausalito, California letterpressed these cool posters serving as a reminder of those little unwritten rules your colleagues may have forgotten about…

Published November 1, 2011
Categorized as Inspiration, Typography Tagged Letterpress, Poster, Sausalito

Lovely posters letterpressed by 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…

Published October 19, 2011
Categorized as Noteworthy, Typography Tagged Coggeshall, Letterpress, Poster, Typoretum, Wood Type

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