Royal Arms have always conferred an air of authority on printed items and printers have sought to use this in their work.
Author: Ben B
Fleet Street Strikes
The mid-1980s newspaper dispute that changed the face of UK newspapers.
British Printing Society
A great connector of small printers in the UK and beyond since 1944.
Penrose Annual
The compendium that traced the finest printing and state of the art since 1895
Bell
An especially English face that rested in obscurity for 144 years.
Composing Stick
One of the smallest but most important tools in a letterpress printing works
Wayzgoose or Waygoose
Which other craft has it’s own word for a gathering? Come along and find out about the ‘wayzgoose’
Photopolymer
The clever invention, just too late to make a difference to letterpress’ demise, but that keeps some printers happy today
Stationers’ Company
The one-time all-powerful Guild protecting the ‘mystery’ of printing in London
Bembo
Monotype’s sixteenth century-inspired old-style face that was massively popular.
British Letterpress in 100 Objects 