TWO RIVERS - Jim Moran directs a museum, but he does not sit behind a desk all day or feather dust artifacts. Rather, he runs the "working" Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, the only museum ...
TWO RIVERS - A new Hamilton Wood Type Legacy Project typeface, "HWT Brylski," pays tribute to retired wood type cutter Norb Brylski. According to a press release from P22 Type Foundry and Hamilton ...
Wood type is very much in vogue among contemporary artists. Just search for "letterpress" at Etsy.com, the eBay for handmade things, for proof. You'll find thousands of artists and collectives taking ...
There has always been a need for communicating with large letters. Take for example, monumental inscriptions carved into an edifice read from below or afar, or hand-lettered signs beckoning from shop ...
The handmade, the local, and the slightly wabi-sabi are all having a moment right now. That definitely goes for typography, where letterpress printing using wood type remains a highly imitated and ...