General Printing (Paperback)

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

General

Imprint:	Liber Apertus
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2006
First published:	September 2006
Authors:	Glen U. Cleeton • Charles W. Pitkin
Revised by:	Raymond L. Cornwell
Dimensions:	280 x 210 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-9785881-4-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Writing & editing guides > General
LSN:	0-9785881-4-2
Barcode:	9780978588144

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