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British Letterpress in 100 Objects

British Letterpress in 100 Objects

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Curwen Press

The exceptional letterpress printing works that set the standard for jobbing printing.

Published March 4, 2023
Categorized as 1800s, Commercial, Firms and Organisations, London, Object Tagged 1860s, Curwen Press, Jobbing, Letterpress, London, Monotype, Oliver Simon, Plaistow, Size:In Depth, Tonic Sol-Fa, Walbaum, World War II

Bembo

"Bembo typeface" by Speckled Jim is marked with CC BY-NC 2.0.

Monotype’s sixteenth century-inspired old-style face that was massively popular.

Published April 30, 2022
Categorized as 1900s, Craft, Object, South East, Types and Casting Tagged 1920s, Bembo, Monotype, Size:Post, Typeface

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This is a partner site to my British Letterpress website which offers more detail on some topics, plus how-to guides.

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Original texts, photographs and graphics, © 2021 Benjamin Brundell

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