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New Type Has Been Distributed!

reflexadmin — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:19:20 +0000

Finally had the time and job cases to distribute all the type I’d gotten in over the last couple months. Here are some shots of the faces and process. The new type includes:

Goudy Heavyface 48pt
Century Schoolbook Italic 18pt
Typewriter 12pt (monospaced)
Airport Black 48pt
Airport Black 36pt
Airport Black 30pt
Airport Black 24pt
Bodoni Extra Bold Condensed (wood)
DeVinne (wood)

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More Metal Type

reflexadmin — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 01:35:59 +0000

I probably have too much metal type in the library now, but this particular chunk of lead was available for a steal, so I decided to jump on it. It’s Goudy Heavyface, a nice black titling font. Incidentally, I’ve always wondered how Goudy pronounced his name, so I looked it up: it’s “Goudy” with the “ou” pronounced as in “out”. The more you know!

Of course, there are plenty of people out there for whom the phrase “too much type” does not actually parse as a valid English sentence.

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Wood Type Now Organized!

reflexadmin — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 18:40:52 +0000

I was perfectly happy to have my wood type organized by letter, which meant that you’d have to dig through several cases to find similar typefaces for proper typesetting, but was a quick and easy organizational principle. Amazingly enough, one of my renters and letterpress compatriots told me he loved doing that kind of work, so we now have a full cabinet (and some plastic bins) full of wood type organized by typeface.

What wonders! I’ll be able to fit in the new wood type I got from friends who went to Brimfield Antique Market a couple weeks ago and decided I didn’t have enough.

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