The principle behind Day Glo ink is both simple and mind-blowing. When we see a colour on a page, this is the natural light being transformed and reflected back off the colour to our eyes. Day Glo pigments not only reflect this light back, but the also pigments convert some of the unseen light –…… Continue reading Day Glo Ink
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Gas Lighting
There’s evidence that gas has been used for lighting including in China in 500BC, with gas transported through bamboo pipes; but here we’re talking about the industrial age. Our hero in this article gets only a footnote mention in the Wikipedia article, hidden under the name of his employer, Sir James Lowther. Mr Carlisle Spedding…… Continue reading Gas Lighting
British Printing Society
A great connector of small printers in the UK and beyond since 1944.
Bembo
Monotype’s sixteenth century-inspired old-style face that was massively popular.
Wipers Times
The creation of a news sheet by Derbyshire soldiers finding a bombed-out print shop in Ypres.
Farley Proofing Press
The workhorse of many commercial firms’ proofing departments.
British Letterpress in 100 Objects 