| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780978588144 | | Publisher: Liber Apertus Press | | Publish Date: 4/10/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 203148104 | | Item#: RKJGV2 | | Dimensions (in Inches) 11H x 8.25L x 0.5T | | Pages: 224 |
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| | | General Printing is a comprehensive guide to letterpress printing. With 300 photos and 140 illustrations, it offers detailed step-by-step visual instruction. Key topics include: handsetting type, taking proofs, mitering rules, locking up a form, adding packing and make-ready, feeding a platen press, advanced composition, design, typography, and tricks of the trade. "The best all-around introductory book for traditional letterpress printing, this manual is profusely illustrated with detailed and useful photographs and should occupy a prominent place on the shelf of every letterpress printer. It will serve as the next best thing to an apprenticeship at the feet of a master printer, and is certain to be used as a handy reference throughout your printing journey." --David S. Rose, Introduction to Letterpress Printing
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