Boston-Based Printing & Instruction in the Antique Art of Letterpress
I finally bit the bullet and got yet another type cabinet with included California type cases. I think this will finally get a handle on the wood type cases that are floating around the shop and all the wood type that’s still stored in Tupperwares.
Don’t forget, the Printers Happy Hour is in ten days!
It’s been a wild six months, and some of the early organizing decisions are starting to shake out after enough time using the space. I covered the window, put up shelving, and pulled the industrial shelf out and set it on casters. This looks like a good start!
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.
